Perseverance
/Last time we talked about the attitude of perseverance which is joy! Now let's look at what perseverance is in regard to our everyday walk with the Lord. To persevere means to...
Read More"Lord, if You Had Been Here..."
/It occurred to me that most of you probably have asked a question very much like that: Lord, You could have prevented her death! I believe that, your word teaches me that. So why didn’t You prevent it???
Read MoreThe Attitude Of Perseverance
/When I think about the concept of perseverance I usually don’t equate it with an attitude of joy! My attitude might be one of...
Read MoreNew Season, New Opportunities
/Welcome to the Fall of the year. New beginnings, exciting programs and opportunities. I'm hoping that you will take advantage of them. There's the . . .
Read MoreYour Own 9-11
/You may also be taking your vital signs. What were you and your loved one doing then? Thinking that way probably highlights that she or he is no longer here! Maybe your child had not been born yet.
Read MoreWe Have Hope!
/Where are you looking for HOPE?...
Read MoreA friend died last week...
/A dear friend died last weekend. He is one of our bereaved dads. He was one of our BASIS staff for several years until a few years ago...Ray has gained that new dwelling place, where he has no more pain or sorrow and where the Lord touches his face to wipe all tears away, finally.
Read MoreFinding True Contentment
/How would you define true contentment? In 2 Chronicles 14, we come across the account of King Asa. His reign was different from many of the other kings who came before and after him because...
Read MoreTherapeutic Theology for Hurting People
/Theology protects. And theology rehabilitates when I fail. I've shared a sampler from my life to demonstrate how theology works to help hurting people see themselves and their world more nearly from God's perspective. It has protected me from wrong feelings and attitudes, and it heals when I fail. I call it “therapeutic theology.”
Read MoreA Merry Heart!
/When we have a merry heart, it can cause us to enjoy each day that God has given us to live for Him. In Proverbs there are three references that define what having a merry heart...
Read MorePicnicking
/We are had a BASIS picnic recently. That means going out to some lovely place in God’s creation to take some time with people who love us and whom we love, to be re-created by God and the place and the loving fellowship. Picnics are fun, relaxing and restoring. Picnics are good for the soul.
Jesus knew that. Remember how often he “withdrew to a lonely place?” He needed to get away from the crowds. Maybe you need to get away from the trigger of sorrow that “crowd” in on you. I’m suggesting that you do the other thing Jesus did when he got away from it all for a time. He made sure to spend time “being still and knowing … God.” He listened to God’s voice and was refreshed, strengthen for the next thing. You, too, could benefit from listening so that you can be refreshed for the next thing, like the next hour – or if you’re very early in your grief, for the next minute.
Picnics -Time away, in a lonely, lovely setting, to see God’s handiwork, to hear His voice of comfort. To be restored. I recommend it.
Being A Servant
/This past week H*VMI held its annual training for our new incoming missionaries. During the time we were together, we covered several topics centered around...
Read MoreSERVANT Orientation 2012
/I am so blessed to have the five newest H*VMI missionaries here at H*VMI headquarters to go through our SERVANT Orientation training. There's such a diversity of age, ministry focus and background. The common bond is . . .
Read MoreOur Story as Told in Scripture
/You “remember” your affliction and how bitter it is when your child has died. Your soul is probably “downcast.” Have you done the next thing? Jeremiah says he deliberate did the mental work to remember, “call to mind,” the Lord’s every day doses of compassion.
Read MoreGod's Peace
/As I read Elisabeth Elliot’s article on Stillness, I was reminded that another by-product of being still before the Lord is the experience of...
Read MoreImmense, Intense and Durable
/Grief is immense, intense and durable. God is more immense.God’s love for you is every bit as intense, immense and durable as your grief.
Read MoreSurrounded By God's Love
/One of my most favorite places to be is in a valley. When you are located in a valley, you have to...
Read MoreEmptiness
/Quoting Nancy Guthrie’s Hearing Jesus Speak into Your Sorrow: “Emptiness can be good when, in our emptiness, we come to Jesus to be filled... When we do, we have the opportunity to find out for ourselves that Jesus really can fill us up – that he can be enough for us... We can be confident that his grace will be delivered to us in the form and quantity and timing in which we need it."
Read MoreFear Not, For He Is With You!
/Fear not, for I have redeemed you; .... (Isa. 43: 1b-3, 5a) This is one of my favorite passages of scripture. It says to me that with my God, it’s personal when . . .
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