" You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great." Psalm 18:35There are very few family friendly TV shows during prime time these days. On any given Sunday night at 7 p.m., however, the Lantz family has usually gathered in our bonus room to watch one of our favorite shows, "Extreme Makeover--Home Edition" with Ty Pennington and … [Read more...] about Stooping Down
Archives for April 2008
The Comfort of His Constancy
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." Hebrews 13:8I am facing something in my life that has forced me to relive emotions I first remember experiencing the spring I turned fifteen. The spring of 1983 found our family preparing to go back to the Congo after twelve months of living in the United States. I had become deeply attached to so many people in my youth group. I … [Read more...] about The Comfort of His Constancy
Feeding the Dogs
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I … [Read more...] about Feeding the Dogs
What Is True Wealth?
After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward. Genesis 15:1The face of hunger and wretched poverty lived right outside my front door as I grew up in the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo). The Congolese people are some of the poorest people materially on the face of this earth. I did … [Read more...] about What Is True Wealth?
Waiting in the Clouds
When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud. To the Israelites the glory of the LORD looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the … [Read more...] about Waiting in the Clouds
The Bent Spoke
Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence; they will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. Passing through the Valley of Weeping (Baca), they make it a place of springs; the early … [Read more...] about The Bent Spoke