Month: July 2020

The Least of Them

ByKaroline July 31, 2020 0 Comments
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’..." (Matthew 25:40) The other day, an acquaintance on Facebook shared a meme demanding that the U.S. have a 3 strikes and you're out policy when it comes to giving Narcan to addicts who have overdosed. I thought about it for a while before messaging them...

Holy Space

ByKaroline July 24, 2020 0 Comments
Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them. (Exodus 25:8) I love old churches. I love sitting in the wooden pews, breathing in the decades-old scent of incense. I love the hushed silence as people gather together to worship. I love the acoustics when our voices are raised in song or prayer. I love hearing the organ play. I love when the sunlight streams through the...

Do You Love Me?

ByKaroline July 17, 2020 0 Comments
Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately a rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly. (Matthew 26:74-75) The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus...

Pushing Through

ByKaroline July 10, 2020 0 Comments
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13) As I was heading out for my walk this morning, I felt a pull to go to the park I mentioned in my post Glimpses of God. I really didn't want to go, for all the reasons I mentioned there, on top of the fact that it's in woods so I knew the bugs would be all over. I was right. I had sprayed with natural bug spray but they...

You Know Me

ByKaroline July 4, 2020 0 Comments
You have searched me, Lord,and you know me.You know when I sit and when I rise;you perceive my thoughts from afar.You discern my going out and my lying down;you are familiar with all my ways.Before a word is on my tongueyou, Lord, know it completely.You hem me in behind and before,and you lay your hand upon me.Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,too lofty for me to attain. (Psalm 139:1- 6)...

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