Tag: healing
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death by expectation
Fun fact: expectations are serial killers. They are killers of joy, killers of peace, of relationships, of vision, of hope. Our expectations kill goodness in our lives. They cause us to miss the point. They blind us to the truth. We get so wrapped up in the mismatch between how we thought it would be…
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excuse me…waiter?
The English language is a fascinating one. Pieced together from so many sources, its patterns of grammar, spelling, pronunciation, and vocabulary are quite interesting. OK, maybe not to everyone, but I’m a language nerd, so roll with me here. Maybe I can get any doubters on board with an example. Ever wondered why the word…
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the clay
We are told that we have been molded like clay into the image of our creator. In Genesis 2:7, God formed man from the dust of the ground. This conjures images of a great potter, swiping a handful of dirt from the earth and shaping it into his likeness, a visual echoed in Job 10:9…