Here are some good reads found this week:
He Gives to His Beloved Sleep, HT to Challies. "It was two o'clock in the morning and my newborn was asleep in the bassinet next to me. Most of the time, a newborn sleeping is cause for celebration and slumber but on this particular night, fears about my son's life plagued my mind."
The Character of Revival. "Apparently, the essential ingredients of revival are not sincerity, passion, zeal, emotion, organization, expense, unity, sacrifice, effort. Apparently, you can have all that, and yet not have revival."
When Healing Hurts. "In my life, I've had to trust God to heal many things. It's been painful as He's had to break me and allow me to hurt to remove sins of pride and addiction from my life. Do I trust him still? Absolutely. In fact, because He has healed me from mental, physical, and spiritual needs, I trust Him more."
Another Great Consequence. Dan Olinger has been working his way through the consequences of God's work in us, and this week details why we can have joy in trials.
Humble Words, HT to Challies. "Articles, blogs, and books give us great encouragement, but we cheat ourselves out of so much encouragement when we expect the same kind of counsel from every saint around us. Most often the answers we seek can't be summed up in key takeaways anyway. Our lives are so much more complicated than that."
Hospitality Is an Everyday Endeavor. "When we think of hospitality as an event, we lose a lot of the meaning behind its purpose. Hospitality is about showing kindness to others, whether we know them well or not, without grumbling or complaining. (1 Peter 4:9) It's more than an event. Practicing hospitality is cultivating a spirit that is generous, welcoming, and warm, and its purpose is to show what the love of Jesus is like."
Angry and Holy: How Your Anger Can Be Righteous. "When I started therapy, however, I was taught that anger isn't an enemy to squash. As I, in turn, searched Scripture, the Holy Spirit guided me to see that he's not anti-anger either. All anger isn't sin. Rather, anger is a good emotion when rightly used. As a professional emotion-stuffer, this has been a hard lesson to learn and one that God, in his good patience, is teaching me over and over again as I parent my children and re-teach myself."
Going to Church Is Hard but Worth It, HT to Challies. "Sundays never fail to be tough. The plan is always to have the house clean and organized on Saturday, to do family devotionals, to set out and iron clothes for the morning, to go to bed early, and have a big happy breakfast together Sunday morning. Things never go according to plan."
When You Don't Like Your Wife, Love Your Wife. "The thing about love is that it is more likely to grow cold when you fail to give it than when you fail to receive it. The one sure way to fall out of love with your wife is to stop loving her—to stop doing deeds of love and speaking words of love and otherwise displaying a heart of love. Love is like a muscle that atrophies with disuse and that strengthens with exercise." These things are true for wives with their husbands as well.
Is Manifestation a Worthwhile Pursuit? (Short answer: No.) I've seen manifestation pop up in conversations here and there. Lauren explains what it is, what's wrong with it, and a better way to think.
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