I hesitate to write this post for fear someone might happen across it and feel any amount of condemnation so I have to start by saying: DON'T! I have stared blank-faced into the abyss of deep depression, and those experiences have only made me more convinced that the only way through them is up. I survived by looking up and being lifted up. So, please know that this choosing joy is ...
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Notes from Nana: Advent Joy
Are you searching? Seeking? I heard a profound thought on Moody radio this week. When God came to earth to be our Savior (John 1:14), He could have come anywhere. Why didn't he come to dwell in Jerusalem in the temple? Why not in the "Holy of Holies"? He was tabernacled with us as was God's glory and presence in the wilderness Tabernacle. Jesus was and IS God with us. ...
FMF: Joy.
I remember the pitch black of an early African morning, heading out to "hunt" with friends in Masai Mara, looking for leopards, rhinos and a lot of adventure. The chill of the morning kept my eyes open, and I saw it. The sun rose like I never imagined. Not with a streak of light on the horizon like I'd seen so many times, but one enormous red ball all at once, an orb of fire suspended in the ...