Inhaling His Whispers of Rich Grace

  And David said, "The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of the Philistine."  And Saul said to David, "Go, and may the Lord be with you." Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted."                                                                                                                      I Samuel 17:37,45 The battle line was drawn.  A giant approached it every day, twice a day for forty days.  And the other side, the Israelites, w...

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall know fully just as I also have been fully known.  I Corinthians 13:12 Jesus words and the Christian life is paradoxical... ~ Give and you will have running over. ~ If someone wants you to go one mile, go two.  Go beyond for the sake of Jesus. ~ Share your own burdens and yet we're told to bear our own burdens. ~ The darkness has treasures all of its own and it's in the dark that real growth happens. ~ We are told to believe on Jesus by faith and yet we are to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. ... and more. These paradoxes are hard to understand fully and sometimes I find very hard to know how to live out. Some day we shall see clearly and I look forward to that day.  Some day we will see and know in the way that Jesus sees and knows now. Until then, I have learned His goodness is who He is and I trust Him.  The one thing we can do is to stay....