Watchman Nee taught that the release of the inner man’s potential is contingent on the breaking of the outer man, which usually occurs through suffering. Compassion tends to seep out through the cracks created by hard blows and attaches itself to other damaged people. Our humanity-wide shared spiritual poverty is the lowest common denominator between …
Poor Enough To…
I’ve always liked the beggar-to-beggar definition of evangelism – “…one beggar telling another beggar where to find bread.” Since I feel more beggarly than ever these days, I’m drawn to “my people,” not so much as an authority on God, but poor enough to reach other poor folks. Befriending the Lord’s beloved is no heroic …
God Takes (His) Time
They say, “Time heals all wounds,” but I don’t believe it. Some people just get more infected over time. Time doesn’t heal, but God does–– though he often does take his time to do the healing. That might be a mercy so we’re not thrown into shock by his therapeutic ways. His procedures can be …
Splints for the Soul
I love the Bible and can’t imagine my life without it. Its truths are splints for my soul. God talks to me through it and I wouldn’t relish a life without hearing his voice. A rabbi told his students that if they studied the Torah it would put Scripture on their hearts. One of his …
Exquisite Fellowship
“I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings.” Philippians 3: 10 As fellow sufferers, our communion with each other in our common ground warms us. But even more significantly, when we suffer we may have fellowship with the greatest sufferer in history, who is …
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