Due to a busy week and not much blog reading time, I have just a short but good list of reads to share:
An Unexpected Love Calls You to Rise and Follow. Though this was written for Valentine's Day, I think it's good for any time of year. I'm often wary of Biblical fiction, but I loved Michele's look into what Abigail in the Old Testament might have been thinking and feeling during her marriage to a fool and her quick thinking in intercepting David.
The Moral Perfection of Christ. "They followed Him without question because no matter what His appearance, His beauty was unmistakable. He possessed every grace, every virtue, in perfect tension and balance. Not one of them was missing. Think of that. We've never seen what sheer perfection looks like in a person. Perfect symmetry between the inner and the outer. Perfect alignment of heart and character. It's almost impossible to envision such perfection. But there it is in Jesus."
Bible Study Leaders Must Be Flexible. "Leading real Bible studies means that the Bible comes into contact with real people, and the lives of real people are often messy and difficult. But these difficulties are not interruptions to our plans—this is what it means to lead people and help them apply the Bible in their lives."
Eleven Expressions of Gastronomic Humility, HT to Challies. "Keeping up with our kids' ever-shifting food preferences, on top of their health issues, has been a difficult dynamic of this season. We talk a lot about food at this stage of our family life."
The Ones Who Cook, HT to Challies. "We admire our preachers, for they way they teach us God's words. We look up to our worship leaders, who inspire us to praise. Or the leaders who teach or administrate or organize or make plain spaces beautiful. But I'd like to suggest that one of the greatest gifts that God gives a church are the people who cook."
Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds. — Shakespeare
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