Hurt? Sad? Discouraged? Offended? Upset? Bitter? Proud?
It strikes me this morning that none of those come from God’s Spirit. (At least not most types of those.)
So why do I allow any of them to reside in my heart and roil my mind?
I want to have a right spirit!
A right spirit is clean, broken, and contrite. Continue reading
“Is Mark Roth here tonight?”
The moderator of our evening church service this past Sunday scanned the audience.
He couldn’t see me. I didn’t help him. I sat still, blending in as well as any bald guy could. I was very tired after chairing a long Board meeting that ended shortly before the service began.
He still didn’t see me. I still didn’t help him.
But my wife raised her hand and pointed at me. 😯
The moderator (a former student of mine, I might append) called me up front with instructions to talk about nonresistance.
Impromptu. Spur of the moment. No advance warning. No notes. No thinking time.
I walked up front slowly, giving myself some extra moments to think. Continue reading