In Defense of the Christian Faith

This morning, I totally forgot that today we do the Word for Wednesday. So I'm putting mine up a little late in the day (it's good to know I'm not the only one). I'm currently working on a few others, so here's to hold you over 'till then... Enjoy! "The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it" (Proverbs 10:22). Lately, I've been reflecting on just how good God is. Even when thing seem to be going wrong, God is still good. This week, I've been seeing this in even the little things -- things that may not seem like much to some people, but they mean a lot to me. My family and I have also been discussing this a lot over the past week. One day, we were out on an errand, and this discussion came up. Then a thought came to me: God told Abraham, "That in blessing I will bless thee..." We know that God was speaking about abundantly blessing Abraham, but it's so interesting to consider it this way: In your blessi...

This week, I'm taking a small detour from my series on the fear of the Lord. I've had a rather crazy and stressful week (hence my lateness in getting to WFW; and my apologies for missing my meme), so I wanted to talk about trusting in the Lord. So often, we look at circumstances instead of looking to God. Here are some of my favorite Scriptures on trusting in the Lord. (This post is inspired by the Brickster , by the way.) All of the Scriptures are self-explanatory, so I haven't done much commenting... Let the Scriptures speak for themselves! Deut 31:8 "And the LORD, He is the one who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed." Ps 46 1-3, 10 "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains sh...

Col 3: 2-3 "Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God." What does it mean to "Set our minds on things above"? I believe that Luke 19 has a great example: 1 Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2 Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house." Zacchaeus had set his mind on one fact: He would see Jesus. But he had some setbacks. His biggest problem was that he was short. He may have tried to get someone to hold him up, but he was a hated tax-collector. Those two things were aga...