Nov
7
One life for another
November 7, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Would you be willing to lay down your life for another? Seems like a hard question, and it is, yet I think only because we misunderstand it. We often think that to be about death, which I think it can be. That is what Jesus modeled to us (death as the result - resurrection, life [...]
Nov
5
Climbing up to God
November 5, 2005 | Leave a Comment
It’s impossible to do. Every attempt that I have ever makes at moving toward God by increasing myself has always failed. The more I increase, the further He seems to be.
This past month was not a month of trying to gain God’s favor by trying to increase myself. Rather it was an physical emptying of [...]