Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my hands, and let them move at the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet, and let them be swift and beautiful for Thee.
Take my voice, and let me sing always, only, for my [...]

God is God. Because He is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will, a will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to.
The will of God is never exactly what you expect it to be. It may [...]

It is the folly and ruin of most people to live adventurously, and take part in everything that comes in their way, seldom considering what they are about to say or do. If we would have our resolutions take effect, we must take heed unto our ways, set a watch before the door of our [...]

What was I thinking and writing about yesterday? Humility and contentment in whatever happens, knowing that it is from the hand of God? No complaining?
Ha! Time to practice what I preach. If you’ve listened to the news today, you know that our little part of Colorado is having a really nasty snow storm. Our electricity [...]

John answered them, “I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know, even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”
We agree with that, don’t we? We have no problem saying with John the Baptist about Jesus, “the strap of whose sandal I [...]

Thou only Sovereign of my heart,
My Refuge, my almighty Friend—
And can my soul from Thee depart,
On Whom alone my hopes depend?
Whither, ah whither shall I go,
A wretched wanderer from my Lord?
Can this dark world of sin and woe
One glimpse of happiness afford?
Eternal life Thy words impart;
On these my fainting spirit lives;
Here sweeter comforts cheer my [...]

“Thinking Out Loud” is the fourth post published after I started this blog in July 2006. Because it’s Slow Blogging Saturday, and it’s likely that only two people have read this previously, and I still believe what I wrote, here it is in almost-instant replay.
Anyone who stumbles onto this blog is immediately aware that I [...]

Kim from Hiraeth posted a wonderful quote from Charles Spurgeon about Romans 1:17, “The just shall live by faith.” You can find it here.
Kim’s post reminded me of a portion from Darlene Diebler Rose’s book, Evidence Not Seen. Russell and Darlene Diebler were missionaries to New Guinea who were taken captive by Japanese soldiers during [...]

My mother-in-law died last year at the age of ninety-two. Although she had lived in a nursing home for several years and suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, she refused to acknowledge that she was possibly getting old and she also refused to give in to the natural graying of her head. She insisted that it be [...]

“You no more need a day off from spiritual concentration on matters in your life than your heart needs a day off from beating. As you cannot take a day off morally and remain moral, neither can you take a day off spiritually and remain spiritual. God wants you to be entirely His, and it [...]