“Being listened to is so close to being loved that most people cannot tell the difference.? (David of Augsburg) A truly good listener is hard to find. ?Have you ever been with someone, and as they listened to you, you felt as though you were the only person in the room?? The person listening had […]
Who is the Hardest Person to Love?
?Right now someone exists who has disappointed and offended us, someone with whom we are continually displeased and with whom we are most impatient, irritated, unforgiving, and spiteful than we would dare be with anyone else. That person is ourselves. We are so often fed up with ourselves. We?re sick of our own mediocrity, revolted […]
How Do I Love the Wounded?
My wife and I are not what you would term animal people, by any stretch of the imagination. For years our kids asked for a dog and we quickly dismissed their constant pleading. However, one year ago my family adopted a six-month-old yellow lab-mix. We named her Nala because she reminded us of the lioness, […]
Unconditional Love
What sort of emotions do you experience when you think about the future? Excitement? Fear? Joy? Anxiety? The New Testament doesn?t tell us everything we want to know about the future, but it certainly tells us the one thing we need to know more than anything else. For I am convinced that neither death nor […]
Does God Really Like You?
The question at the title of this blog entry is a powerful one. Typically, my take on the question would be ?God would really like me if?? That sentence ends in any number of ways?if I was more faithful, more active, more upright, more something. That?s why I appreciated re-reading this little goodie from a […]
