Know-Love-Obey God

“Worship Christ, the newborn King!”

I had spent the past decade or so—more than 25% of my life and about 50% of my Christian life—immersed in music ministry (or “worship team”). Worshipping God with voice and instrument had been my driving passion, not only on Sunday mornings with the congregation but all the time.
I sang [...]

They’re called Geofix. Have you ever seen them? Years ago our boys’ Great Grandpa bought them while he was vacationing in Australia. Geofix is a clever connecting toy made of plastic geometrical shapes that snap together. I had just stored away the Geofix box in the basement, waiting for the next [...]

The color of morning coming
through big windows behind me

The color of morning
on a door ajar

And on the other side of the door
a crack of black
unknown

I love the light on this side
of the door
I know what is here in the morning
light
But what if He calls me to open
that door to the dark and step
to the other [...]

To celebrate my first blog-iversary, I am reposting one of my first contributions to the High Calling Blogs Random Acts of Poetry. This is not my first poem for the RAP prompts, but since the first anniversary is traditionally the Paper Anniversary, I am posting one of my first blog poems, “Paper,” originally posted [...]

(New at High Calling Blogs: PhotoPlay photography prompts from HCB Photo Editor Claire Burge! Read Claire’s first prompt at the bottom of this post.)

Blur of the fire
getting close
but the fire far away
does not burn
enough
to refine.
So I walk in the fire,
close to it,
myself
a blur,
and if I consider
it all joy,
the fire-walk
becomes
a dance.

I often pray that I would grow in Christlikeness. Well . . .
Judas left the room. He left the room to betray the Lord to His death.
As soon as Judas left the room, Jesus said, “The time has come for me, the Son of Man, to enter into my glory, and God will [...]

Show me where to walk,
for I give myself to you.
Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
May your gracious Spirit lead me forward
on a firm footing.
- Psalm 143:8,10 (NLT)
Embedded in the request for guidance
is the willingness to follow.
If I ask Him to guide me,
I must first surrender to Him.
If I want Him to [...]