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<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

<p>Managed Sin          GSKohler The roiling destruction of SinIs not that it is all about meIt is that it cannot imagine usLike the incorporated accountantI seek to spreadsheet my sinInto compartments, columnsAssuring my mind&#8217;s rowsOf its limitsLike it is quantifiableWhen it is pervading deathThe viral diseaseInvasive infectionKillerSilently ingratiating itselfCell to cell to organWith a promise of &hellip; <a href="https://seekinglife.blog/2019/03/20/cured/" class="mo

<p>Love is Supreme          GSKohler Confess so your heart knowsWhat God knowsConfession submits to what Grace acquitsIt does not break but it will bendConfession flows into what Faith showsConfess so your life admitsWhat Love resists          It does not take what liars sendConfess so your lies knowWhat God knows The lingering and transientEcho Is not a voiceThe &hellip; <a href="https://seekinglife.blog/2019/03/13/confess/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="sc

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<p>Intro &amp; Guidance (You&#8217;ll only find this here once) Lent is a brief season when we must take time, seriously, so we can realize the value of our souls to God. When we consider the trauma experienced multiple times each day to everyone from the individual to whole continents, we may wonder if we have &hellip; <a href="https://seekinglife.blog/2019/03/06/ash-wednesday/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Ash Wednesday</span></a></p>

<p>Thanks for joining me! &#8230;a part of the call of God to us has always been to think. Indeed the call of Jesus to “repent” is nothing but a call to think about how we have been thinking.  &#8212; Dallas Willard &nbsp;</p>