“And the story continues from Adam to the Church: redemption, redemption, redemption. The entire story arch of the Bible is a story of God’s faithfulness to His promises.”
Well Tried Promises
Flash Fiction: Breakfast for Two
She heard him moving around the room, but didn’t know what malevolence he planned until cold wet drops began to steadily drip onto her feet. She clawed the covers off herself and put her face in his. “What do you want from me?”
Cherished Sins
cherish (verb): to protect and care for; to nurture or keep with loving-care
Who Does Wondrous Things?
If we truly believe God is sovereign, then we have no alternative but to attribute all things to Him, both good and bad, both famine and plenty...
Every Good Promise Fulfilled
And when it was over, when all the fighting ceased and God had given them peace on every side, it was acknowledged with a joyful cry that "none of the good promises the LORD had made to the house of Israel failed."
Coffee: a poem
In the space between this, dead and still, I am aware of time and breath and the scent of the sweetened coffee in my hands which I will never drink.
From Storm to Stream: reflections on Psalm 46
"What sort of Man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?"
Sinai and a Shack
God has no body. He is completely other, completely Holy. And scripture warns about robbing God of his holiness, of placing him in the form of anything made. He calls it "idolatry."
All His Work is Done in Faithfulness
Our God is faithful in all his work, this includes whatever work he is currently working through you.
Never Abandoned: reflections on Psalm 16:8-10
My God will not abandon my soul. He sees me suffering. He knows my fear. He guides me from a place of anger and pain into acceptance and trust.
Rachel Svendsen 