“There is a time for everything, and a session for eery activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time…
Tag: letting go
As I consider our own son’s exodus from the safety of our nest, I think of another Son setting out into a world that He and His Father had created.
He asks us to let go of nothing that would hinder our relationship with Him.
“Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers, we bloom and die. The wind blows, and we are gone – as though have never been here.” (Psalm 103:15-16 NLT) The wildflowers in Iowa have been nothing short of epic this year. We’ve lived here…
“My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: just go ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Jesus Christ, the Master, now live Him. You’re deeply rooted in Him. You’re well-constructed in Him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you’ve…
“Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or – worse – stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it’s safe from moth and rust and burglars.” (Matthew 6:19-20 MSG) It’s only stuff. My treasure isn’t here…