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This morning I read a blog post that so encouraged me because of the honesty of the writer concerning her walk with the Lord. She shared her struggle with being consistent in her Bible reading plan (read post here). As I read "Hiding from God" (the title of the post), I had to admit that I also struggle to faithfully get into God's word every day.
With so many distractions - both good and bad - I often cave and end up neglecting my time with the Lord, yet assure myself that I will get back to reading later. But, disappointed, at the end of the day, I realize that I failed to do that. Guilt ensues and I think about how I might make this happen - perhaps if I read a different plan or a devotional book or this or that - how I might be more consistent to sit at Jesus feet.
But old habits die hard. It's not like I never get into God's word. But missing even one day a week (or more) impresses on me again that I've missed out on communing with Him that day. And what a loss that is!
However, there's hope! But that hope doesn't come at all from me. I flows from Yahweh's gracious heart. When I fail, I'm learning to rest in the fact that the Lord, by His gracious love, keeps me and continues to love me. This short life isn't about how I will triumph, but about how Christ has triumphed over my failures, over death and sin. It is knowing that He is not surprised or caught off guard when I don't get this Christian life right. His grace has already covered my failings. His grace is sufficient for me.
My failings just emphasize the Lord's unending and amazing grace all the more. At 76 years of age, I never cease to be stunned that He has forgiven me yet again! What a Savior! He continues to save us from ourselves and our failures daily.
One of the best remedies to the crippling guilt that can derail us over our failures, is to get a really good picture in the truth of God's word concerning our gracious Lord. This help came to me in the form of a great book written for such struggles. Jerry Bridges has so adequately written about God's grace to sinners in his book, "The Discipline of Grace". Though I haven't intended this post to be a book review, I do have to testify to how it has helped me understand what is so foreign to our human nature and experience on this globe - the unimaginable grace of God.
In the near future, I also intend to write a post about Psalm 27:4-6 that has been the go-to Scripture passage for what I desire in this life. Though I adopted this text long ago, the Lord recently impressed on me a greater application than I have held over the years. This too has been so very helpful regarding the subject matter of this post - struggling to be consistent daily in God's word.
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"This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him."
1 John 5:14-15
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