Taste and See
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack! The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the […]
Roots
This weekend gave me sufficient time to ponder the importance of roots. That may be a vague title because “roots” are a fairly broad category! Roots are obviously very significant in the plant world, and they are important in the study of ancestry and family lines. I happened to be pondering my own family roots, […]
The Great & Mighty Things
The first article of the year is an important one to me. I was contemplating what I was supposed to write about and the answer came in a number. I got home from the Middle East after midnight Friday, still dealing with quite a bit of jetlag, I was wide awake at 3:33 this morning. […]
Merry Christmas from us at Clearview!
Merry Christmas to all of you! What a blessing you are to us, and I mean that from the depths of my heart! It is a wonderful privilege we have to serve you here at Clearview; Suzzi, Elaunda & I genuinely love the work that we get to do and it is our joy to […]
Identity: the fact of being who a person is
Identity: the fact of being who a person is Now I have a personal question to ask you: Who defines who you are? Do we most often allow humans to define who we are? This can be a negative or positive thing obviously…and problematically we never know which it will be! When other people are […]
REAL FAITH: When Hard Times Come
My family has been walking through one of the hardest seasons any of us have ever been entrusted with in the past 3 decades. We are in many ways exhausted, we are mourning, yet in the midst of all of it…we are filled with the hope of this extravagant Savior of ours. Jesus is more […]
So Loved He The World
My grandmother has played the piano for decades at her church in west Texas…I was thinking of one of the hymns I heard her play so many times. It says, “To God be the glory, great things He hath done, so loved He the world that He gave us His Son…” That line comes from […]
What it means to change your thinking…
Developing an overcomer’s mindset takes practice; taking thoughts captive, then moving our thinking the opposite direction of negativity. Move your thoughts toward obedience to God’s ways and increased faith…because without faith it’s impossible to please the Lord. The world can be cynical, but we don’t have to be. Your thought life really can look different […]
RealFaith: The Thing About Prayer
This is just a fervent passion of mine, this thing of prayer…talking to God, our Creator, and hearing back from Him. I love this quote from a wonderful little book I’m reading called, “Rabbi, Teach us to Pray” by Aaron Eby; I hope you enjoy this food for thought! “Perhaps we do not feel eloquent […]
Renewed Minds
One of my favorite scriptures in the Bible is Romans 12:2: Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. We can have our minds renewed by His Words and we […]