I think the other nine commandments may be easier to obey because they appear to be more about what we can do to be more holy or live more righteous lives. But the holy Sabbath is all about remembering how much we cannot do, how much we don't control, and how much we need Someone else to handle it all for us.
Read MoreJust like that, black clouds rolled in and I stepped into the Valley of the Shadow - and just like that, everything on my list of New Year goals seemed like long-ago dreams from a distant, carefree life.I feel stuck here in the dark, cold winter, and it's hard to patiently wait for more days of dark and cold to pass before the world brightens and blooms again.
Read MoreIt is a fork in the road, and whichever direction you choose, the cost is high: Follow Him to the right and you must deny yourself, but all that you lose will be counted back as tremendous gain. Diverge to the left, and you may gain all the world now only to render yourself ultimately forfeit.
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a Pacific Northwest-native writer, photographer, and Bible nerd with a lot of big ideas and a never-ending sense of homesick. Here, in words and in images, I process my inmost thoughts and invite you along on my lifelong pursuit of truth + beauty - ever inspired and sustained by the changeless nature of my beautiful God, and by the hope He offers in His Story.
