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The Closeness of the Lord
For this command that I enjoin on you today is not too mysterious and remote for you. It is not up in the sky, that you should say, 'Who will...
Washed of My Guilt
Thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin cleanse me. // Psalm 51:4 My younger children charged down the sidewalk as my eldest walked beside me on the...
See the Son and Believe in Him
"For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last...
You Are His Dwelling
My dwelling shall be with them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people. // Ezekiel 37:27 The dreaded sound of rattling plastic beads on wood floor...
He Wants Our First Fruits
We cried to the LORD, the God of our fathers, and he heard our cry and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. // Deuteronomy 26:7 O Jesus, through...
Handing On What is Important
“I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received.” // 1 Corinthians 15:3 Walls of snow lined the sides of the newly plowed streets as our...
Learning Loving Obedience
“Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission than the fat of rams.” // 1 Samuel 15:22 Chop, chop, chop. The crisp sound of the knife sliding through the potatoes calms...
Conquering the World With Him
“And his commandments are not burdensome, for whoever is begotten by God conquers the world.” // 1 John 5:4 Streetlights flickered in the window of my friend’s house as I...
He Was Born For You
“So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger.” // Luke 2:16 (from the Mass at Dawn) I tiptoe up the stairs...
Renouncing All for Him
Tears filled my eyes as I struggled to nurse my three-week-old daughter. Our visiting parents had left town, my husband was on campus taking graduate classes, and I was home...
Bearing His Sacred Wounds
The scars glared back at me from the mirror, and I remembered how they had once been open wounds in my breasts, oozing puss from idiopathic granulomatous mastitis. During my...
He Has Strengthened Me
The subject line in an email from Jenna Guizar stood out boldly: “Theological Editors.” I tapped the screen and skimmed the words. My heart racing, I read it again. Jenna...
