Tag: THFF Journal Pages
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Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters And the flood sweeps over me. I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.…
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“Therefore, put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.” Ephesians 6:13, ESV I’ve watched many depictions of the horrors of the battlefield. The ones of men crawling across the beaches of Normandy…
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“…But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.” Luke 15:20 ESV The wilderness is disquieting. When walking in that season of pain, I penned lyric after lyric describing how it felt trudging through high waters, the sting of fire burning around me,…
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“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:19, ESV Wilderness wandering. Desert land. Valleys. We draw pictures of hardship during seasons of testing, refining, and persecution through images of entangled vines, endless…
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“So it was not you who sent me here, but God…” Genesis 45:8, ESV Sold into slavery by his own brothers, who moments before had plotted to murder him, thrown into prison by a false accusation, and forgotten by those he helped… Joseph’s faith was hard fought. Joseph’s journey to fulfill the dream the Lord…
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“Then he was afraid…” (1 Kings 19:3, ESV) Elijah, who’d confronted kings, stood in singularity as the Lord destroyed the prophets of Baal, prayed over the lifeless body of a child until his breath was restored… was afraid. Elijah’s faith witnessed God’s incredible intervention. But here he was, afraid. “I have had enough, Lord,’ he…