On Faith
If we skip past the cross too quickly, we miss it’s depth. Just like if we try to resolve questions too early we miss the right answers.
The very part of Peter that caused him to fail was the very part God used.
Jackie Hill Perry • Upon Waking
Because God creates our personality, of course He intends it for good. Our fallen nature warps our personality's purpose, but it is redeemable by the One who made it, like all other things. #MOW
Look how different Isaiah’s pilgrimage is from the five stages of grief. Instead of withdrawing (Stage 1: Denial), Isaiah boldly moves into God’s presence, asking for help. Instead lashing out at God (Stage 2: Anger), he unashamedly holds God to his word. Instead of manipulating (Stage 3: Bargaining), he tells God directly what he wants and why he
... See moreDavid Powlison • A Praying Life
I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walk
down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs
to let you by. Or how strangers still say “bless you”
when someone sneezes, a leftover
from the Bubonic plague. “Don’t die,” we are saying.
And sometimes, when you spill lemons
from your grocery bag, someone else will help you
pick them up. Mostl
... See moreDanusha Laméris • Poem: Small Kindnesses (Published 2019)
His sins were real and obvious, and yet David’s convictions were angled at imaginary wickedness.
Jackie Hill Perry • Upon Waking
Plank in eye syndrome
It is to say that if there is more to reality than flesh and blood, then we should pray more than we do, lean into the Holy Spirit more than we have, and show more grace to everyone more than we’d like. Even when people are antagonistic toward us or annoying us beyond words. For even if they are an enemy, they are not the enemy.
Jackie Hill Perry • Upon Waking
What does it mean to rest in our sorrow?
How do we harmonize the warrior God of Israel with the God of love incarnate in Jesus? How can we reconcile God’s instructions to “utterly destroy” the Canaanites in the Old Testament with Jesus’ command to “love your enemies” in the New Testament? The short answer is: with great difficulty.