“Good, Better…Best!”
“Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil. May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 30, 2008
Devotion for the Week of June 30, 2008
June 23, 2008
If I had met Jane…
I already did a post the other day about the book Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler, but there’s something that still just really bothers me about that book. There’s a scene where Courtney/Jane has an encounter with Jane Austen, herself. The dialogue that follows just doesn’t get it [...]
June 23, 2008
Devotion for the Week of June 23, 2008
“Who are you?”
“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me…For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:9, 10b
“Those who [...]
June 21, 2008
My Own “Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict”
I just finished reading Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler. It has a clever premise: A modern woman is cheated on by her fiance, numbs her pain with vodka and Jane Austen classics, and finds herself transported (via a form of New Age-like time travel) back to Jane Austen’s time. [...]
June 16, 2008
Devotion for the Week of June 16, 2008
“Email from God”
“This is how God showed His love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love:not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” 1 John 4:9-10
Several [...]
June 9, 2008
Devotion for the Week of June 9, 2008
“From the Inside Out”
“Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits-who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies [...]
June 6, 2008
Good News! My Internet Friends!
I woke up this morning and just knew it was going to be a good day today! And I was right! Today is…wait for it!…wait for it!…National Doughnut Day!!! That’s right!!!…a whole day dedicated to the glorious, wondrous, fabulous, straight from heaven ’cause God loves us so much doughnut! And boy [...]
June 2, 2008
Devotion for the Week of June 2, 2008
The Master Jeweler
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you…And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you [...]
