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<p>“In general, it seems more like genuine personal dealing if God helps persons to meet danger and disaster outside their own selves and make something good out of them, than if he removes the difficulties so as to make circumstances easy for them.”&nbsp; C. F. D. Moule In times of crisis, disaster or chaos, we &hellip; <a href="https://seekinglife.blog/2021/02/01/in-times-like-these/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">In Times Like&nbsp;The

<p>It&#8217;s hard to not allow hope to be a dreamy idea when we&#8217;re in the midst of pandemic reality, but it is the place Christ-followers are called to be. We&#8217;re not called to judge others, to decide who&#8217;s in or who&#8217;s out, who we should ignore or even dislike because of their policy choices, who &hellip; <a href="https://seekinglife.blog/2021/01/26/season-of-hope/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Season of Hope</spa

<p>I bow my head to admit to my soul that I don&#8217;t know everything&#8230;</p>

<p>There’s a verse that I came upon that I always thought was very important… Genesis 47:31. Today I think it is even more important.  It’s a little thought but a crucial one in a time of crisis.  The importance of this verse is revealed by answering the question, what is necessary for worship? Think of &hellip; <a href="https://seekinglife.blog/2020/03/23/an-important-reminder-in-a-time-of-crisis/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">An import

<p>&#8230;today we are looking to wield the power of God through three primary tools…Money, Politics and Weapons. </p>

<p>There is still an answer when I have none to give and that is because it is handed to me from someone else’s quiver.&nbsp; It is an arrow that pierces the heart of the closing fog, and like a flaming spark shot high and far, slices the darkness of the night of my wondering despair, &hellip; <a href="https://seekinglife.blog/2020/02/17/when-i-have-no-answer/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">When I have no&nbsp;answer</span></a></p>

<p>You are important. However you think the world sees you, I see your importance.</p>

<p>Wake and see darkness. Rise and find clothes. Come from bedroom to kitchen and heat water. Work out simple puzzles. Take a deep breath. Get ready for the day, washing, brushing, dressing, walking. Go to study with fellow voices and ears and thoughts and hearts. Hear the Word.&nbsp; Search the Word.&nbsp; Search for words to &hellip; <a href="https://seekinglife.blog/2020/01/23/a-grounded-morninga-list-and-not-a-poem/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-

<p>Faithfulness in a relationship is different than belief in a structure.</p>

<p>Forgiveness is one of the active ingredients of resilience.</p>

<p>Maybe that&#8217;s part of what Jesus meant by abundant life and why he hung out with us&#8230; to converse.</p>

<p>Discarding thanks and blessings seems a very odd thing to do. But, after reviewing them once again, I find they’re integrated into me. </p>

<p>Just wrote a poem on how full emptiness can be. I’m in a quiet time right now and it’s the kind of time when I can feel like God’s not here.&nbsp; Empty.&nbsp; And I was reminded of that verse from James 1: 2-4… which I’ve tried to understand deep down… “Consider it pure joy, my &hellip; <a href="https://seekinglife.blog/2019/05/09/digging-in/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Digging In</span></a></p>

<p>Quite a while back, my wife and I went out to dinner with our four parents.&nbsp; My father-in-law was a brittle diabetic and so eating had a necessary element to it.&nbsp; It took the waiter, about 10 minutes to bring us water, I explained to him, on the side about my f-i-l’s condition and asked &hellip; <a href="https://seekinglife.blog/2019/05/07/digging-out/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Digging Out</span></a></p>

<p>I’ve noticed that my wife takes out the garbage… well, except occasionally, now.  I used to have this task, but I think she didn’t appreciate that I just did it before I went to bed… like at 11 or 11:15pm.  She likes it done in the evening, like after dinner, like before we settle into &hellip; <a href="https://seekinglife.blog/2019/05/03/taking-out-the-trash/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Taking Out the&nbsp;Trash</span></a></p>

<p>There’s a little story in the Bible that can be overlooked because of one part that seems like it’s more important.&nbsp; When Jesus calls the first disciples, those fishermen from their boats, it seems like that’s the most important part of that story.&nbsp; But, there’s this little detail that seems so crucial to me that &hellip; <a href="https://seekinglife.blog/2019/04/30/fish-story/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fish Story</span>

<p>Each Day&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; G. S. KohlerI never stand aloneThere is nothing I needYou give me rest and peaceYou still my anxious heartYou lead me to justiceBecause it reveals your loveWhen the darkness grows thickWhen I can’t see or standYou open up my eyesThat were tightly shutAnd you show me a newDay, a new chance and hopeYou &hellip; <a href="https://seekinglife.blog/2019/04/17/new-life/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class=

<p>Seeing Whether          G. S. KohlerI open my eyes wideTo forecast the whetherThere are children cryingIn a desert, sighingWishing for some water The freshest tsunamiQuenching, from the shoreFlushing out agonyFlushing out hungryThirst for all of life’s more Why would you allow this?Or do you? Or do I?Cain probed his shallowness,While I fake callowness,As you ask, with &hellip; <a href="https://seekinglife.blog/2019/04/10/god-leading/" class="more-link">Continue reading <sp

<p>A Time to Complain          G. S. Kohler I shake my fist at youI spitYou do not hearYou turn awayThe ones to whomI came in friendshipHave beaten my backPushed me awayLaughed at my nameI come to youAnd you have forgotten meBut, when I wake in the morningI step into your lightAnd you hear my complaintI see &hellip; <a href="https://seekinglife.blog/2019/04/03/heartache-and-truth/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Heartache and truth</span><

<p>The Hearing Heart          GSKohlerListenListen againListen for a battle cryListen to the revelationGod is at workHear it and say itSee it and say itBut listenAnd listen againListen for the hammer ringThat forges truth in the worldSee the hammer slam sparksShowers of flamePower in the name of the OneWho speaks into our soulsSaying, lend the ear of &hellip; <a href="https://seekinglife.blog/2019/03/27/hearing/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-t