It’s week four of our Unglued study and I need to be perfectly honest with you … I’ve gone done and become unglued! Most definitely when: My Piper could only find ONE shoe and we were already late for school. My eight year old fell down the stairs and split the back of her head open, requiring five staples … 45 minutes before a fundraiser…
the prodigal son {part 3}
Now this shows how we tend to make the worst of everything and to paint the picture in the darkest colors, which is not doing as we would have others do to us, nor as our heavenly Father does to us. ~ Matthew Henry The prodigal son experienced true humility that led him back home and his father extended true forgiveness, but the story doesn’t…
the prodigal son {part 2}
The circumstances of the parable set out the riches of Gospel grace much more fully, and to poor sinners ever since it has been indescribably useful, and so it will be as long as the world exists. ~ Matthew Henry Yesterday we talked about pride, greed, and idolatry and how they’re intertwined into forgiveness. Today we’ll discuss humility and repentance in light of forgiveness. The…
the prodigal son {part 1}
Those who have served God for a long time and have been kept from gross sins have a great deal to be humbly thankful for, but nothing to proudly boast about. ~ Matthew Henry There are so many great lessons in this one parable! Lessons on pride, greed, faith, hope, acceptance, repentance, and forgiveness. I’ve spent {a few too many} hours studying Matthew Henry’s commentary…
bless those who curse you
Forgiveness is the well from which we draw the water to wash others’ feet. ~ D. Siler I’m going to address two important issues today: pursuing resolution, and blessing those who curse us. Pursuing Resolution We are called to live vertical lives looking heavenward, not horizontally—looking at what our neighbors are doing. “She’s mad at me; she started it; I’ll forgive when she apologizes first.”…