The Most Impactful Thing I’ve Read In A While

“We tend to want our hearts and minds to protect the peace of God within us. Paul actually reverses this and says that the peace of God protects our hearts and minds. But this does not happen simply because we present our petitions to God. It is quite possible to be anxious on our knees. We might list all our concerns and have it be nothing but a worry session in prayer. Paul says, in effect, that the thing necessary to keep this from happening is thanksgiving. We must present our petitions with thanksgiving” (Beyond Stateliest Marble, p. 215).

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Re-Up

Sarah has encouraged me to start blogging again. And because I always (*cough*) listen to her, here we are. I’m anticipating some thoughts on my daily Bible reading, perhaps a prayer every so often, and probably just general relections on life and theology. So we’ll just see what comes out….

I’ve got to admit, though, blogging has always seemed kind of weird to me. It’s like my journal (because I’m a guy, I have a journal–not a diary, thank you very much) in that I could never figure out who I was talking to. Whoever my audience-of-the-moment was, deep down I wondered if I wasn’t just talking to myself. So if that’s true, here’s to you, compadre.