Many of us live behind a closed door. Either we don’t want to implicate ourselves with struggle or we have received rejection from an unwilling recipient, so we keep our door tightly closed. We come and go ever so quickly and silently through our closed door, hoping no one caught a glimpse of anything inside, knowing we’d be ruined if our neatly tucked baggage should be exposed. And hoping in desperation for nothing to fall out. If it’s implication we’re concerned about we carefully structure our lives around our prideful lack of transparency and perfect persona, ensuring that outwardly we’re doing everything right and godly. We carry on with life with fake smiles and brave faces, yet inside we’re in a weeping, burdened train wreck. Our fakeness fools most. Continue reading “The Door That Swings”
Month: October 2019
My Way; His Steps
I always find it fascinating when I ask my boys what they want to be when they grow up.
“I want to be Flash when I get bigger,” my youngest says confidently.
“An engineer,” my oldest says. He’s been holding tight to this dream for two years already.
Proverbs 16:9
The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps.
I think of desires, dreams and goals. It could be as big as dreams or maybe it’s smaller in scale. Man plans his actions and choices. Every second of every day man is given choices and opportunities. He is faced with an open road so to speak. He can choose to hit the snooze or not. To eat breakfast or not. To have a donut or eggs. To open God’s Word or not. But God sovereignly directs his feet so that everything works together for good according to His purpose and for His glory.
A toddler sees a cookie crumb under the table. Continue reading “My Way; His Steps”
Foose Bits 