I didn't think I'd have a Laudable Linkage this morning. It's been a busy week, and I am way behind on blog reading. But I had a little free time yesterday afternoon and found these good reads.
Picture Perfect Christmas. "Every time I look awful, I run into my most together friend. HER. That altogether all together friend. I try not to let it, but it surely can make me cranky. And angsty. Crangsty."
Victim Blaming and the Rich Young Ruler, HT to Challies. "The way that Jesus responded to the rich young ruler is so different from what comes naturally to me. When I see someone suffering, my mind often seeks to figure out how they are at fault for their own suffering. And that response is wrong for two main reasons."
Grace in Afflictions. "I have been meditating for several weeks on 2 Cor. 4:15-18. The expression "light affliction" has been returning to my mind as I deal with daily, nagging physical conditions that are burdensome and uncomfortable. I'm seeking relief, improvement, and help from any source available. Even though I'm plagued by real challenges and wearing out, I'm still striving for healing and personal progress in my body and my soul. To respond I'm fleeing regularly to my study of God's grace as revealed in scripture." I especially love the last paragraph here.
Repeat Forever. "Can we linger just a little longer on thanksgiving before we move onto Christmas? 'I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.' (Psalm 34:1, NASB). One of the definitions of 'continually' is 'without an intermission' (dictionary.com). In other words, ongoing."
Though we are keenly aware of the abuses that have grown up around the holiday season,
we are still not willing to surrender this ancient and loved Christmas Day to the enemy.
- A. W. Tozer
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