Know-Love-Obey God

(I know. This is nearly two months late. Better late than never?)
A simple list, in participation of Jennifer’s “Why We Blog”:
Why I Started Blogging:
1. To read and write poetry with the High Calling Blogs community.
2. To tell a little of what the Lord has done in and for me.
Why I Keep [...]

While living in Israel, we attended two churches: one Hebrew-speaking church on Saturdays, and one English-speaking Lutheran church on Sundays. That Sunday morning was her birthday. Her name was Gita, and she turned eighty. The small congregation presented her with a birthday gift and asked her to speak a few words. [...]

I just finished my latest High Calling Blogs poetry assignment and am full of thoughts on poetry.
I’ve often wondered why someone (me) with an engineering background wants to write children’s fiction. Then I stepped into poetry (lured in by L.L. Barkat) and wondered the same thing—why I, of all people, want to write poems.
Funny, [...]

I opened to the page I wanted, read one line, and hit a wall. I tried starting over, but my eyes and mind could not get beyond the period of that first sentence. God’s Spirit blocked me from reading on, so I did as He guided. Okay, Lord, I’ll stay here a [...]

With Anchor-Cross Ministries, we are pleased to announce the release of Through the Bible with My Child, by Charles Sharman, available at Amazon and also at Barnes & Noble.
100% of the author’s profits from this book support the ministries of Good News for India.
(Note: the electronic format of the book is always downloadable for free [...]

Yeah, whose kid am I, anyway?

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of [...]

In case you don’t already know about it, be blessed by this “wee giveaway” at Holy Experience.
Have fun!

It’s like that with the Word, that when I encountered a passage before, I simply read through it. But this time around there’s something billboard about it, and it flashes neon before me. And I am startled into worship.

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
Let all Israel [...]

(Two Random Acts of Poetry in the same week? Well, this one is because it’s good to express thanks with others. Part of my Endless Gifts…)
Your works, Lord, are mighty.
Great are Your deeds.
You have brought two together,
joined them, and granted from
their union six children,
the last of which has come far
across the ocean, brought [...]

…but I know The Way.
Lord? Blizzard warning? Snowstorm? This weekend, Lord?
My mind takes its own path. A year, more than a year, of planning, anticipating. This weekend would be for God’s glory, for the building up of His church. And I think of road conditions. Weather warnings. [...]