If I want to know what God’s will is then I will be transformed by the renewing of my mind. Yet the darkness in this passage says not to be conformed to this world.
So the bottom line question for me is What in my life is conforming and what is transforming? Do I even evaluate [...]
Entries from October 2004
Conformed-Transformed
October 16th, 2004 · No Comments
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Lost so Quickly
October 14th, 2004 · No Comments
Nehemiah goes back to Babylon/Assyria and returns to find that this new community he has instituted has already decayed. In his absence things just turned back to old patterns.
As a leader this passage makes me tired. Won’t people ever get it. It seems that they will always need a leader. Why does this make me [...]
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Idols
October 11th, 2004 · No Comments
Caught between Nehemiah’s perseverance to build the walls and those who were picking at his heels to avoid the wall going up. I feel that often. Good meaning people who become an emotional drag rather than teammates to achieve a eternal victory. I so easily just want to write them off as whiners yet I [...]
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