Ponderings from Os

I recently read Long Journey Home by Os Guinness. It was very good and gave me lots to think about. It is written to the seeking "thinker," who is looking for truth. A few quotes that I have enjoyed pondering are:

"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams." This is a line from the Brothers Karamazov.

The God whom Jesus shows on the cross in one who defeats evil by letting it do its very worst to Him and then overcoming it.

By all means love, by all means desire, but consider carefully what you love and what you desire. We're incomplete in ourselves so we desire whatever we think is beckoning to complete us.

Speaking of our "quest" for God, "The secret of the quest lies not in our brilliance but in His grace."

Redeemed!!!

I've been teaching Galatians on Sunday mornings and in studying this week in chapter 3 I was reminded of the following songs which I haven't thought of our heard in awhile. It has been good to be reminded of them and to find myself singing them throughout the day. What a wonderful blessing and joy our redemption is, and how easily we get caught up in "life" and forget this truth.

Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it
Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.
Redeemed by His infinite mercy,
His child and forever I am.

Redeemed! Redeemed!
Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.
Redeemed! Redeemed!
His child and forever I am.



I will sing of my Redeemer
and His wondrous love to me;
On the cruel cross He suffered
from the curse to set me free.

It's been awhile

We just got back from Florida for a week and a Caribbean cruise for a week. It was just right for me, mostly in the 8o's and not too humid. I enjoyed it very much. We swam in the wonderful Caribbean sea and I loved it.
I had to laugh though as they were vary concerned about a coming cold front, it was going to be in the 70's :)
We came home to cold and even some snow! Is this really spring? I think the season is a bit confused.

I got to do lots of reading while we were away and I read some great books. Outrageous Mercy by William Farley is definitely one of my new favorites. It focuses on the centrality of the Cross to our lives and what the Cross reveals about God. It was very timely to be reading it now since I am writing a Bible study on Romans.