God Wipes Away Every Tear

In the best times of marriage, we can’t get enough of each other. We breeze through workdays, knowing we can be together afterward. We spoon our bodies in the night, delighting in how well we fit together. We cook special things for each other. We reach for each...

Meditation

Spending time in meditation enables us to become better acquainted with God in the same way that we become acquainted with someone we would really like to know; that is, by spending time with him. Meditation can be difficult in the beginning. We are used to being...

Music and Song

2 Samuel 6:14 New International Version 14 Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, The people around David probably grew accustomed to his musical outbursts. After all, and much to the chagrin of Saul’s daughter, it was King David...

Shame

Genesis 2:25 New International Version 25 Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. Genesis 3:9-10 New International Version 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” 10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I...

Denial

Philippians 3:13-14 New International Version 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God...