November 2011

“The end of all things is near.” (1 Peter 4:7)

Saturday, November 26, 2011
My hunch is that the first people to read these words from Peter assumed that he meant the world was coming to an end. As it turns out, that is taking longer than they expected. Then again, somebody’s world is always coming to an end. A spouse dies, a dream crashes apart, a marriage disintegrates – and it feels like the end of the world. …

“The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all of the saints. Amen.” (Revelation 22:21)

Saturday, November 19, 2011
These are the very last words of the Bible. The last words of any piece of literature may not be the most important, but they do leave the lingering taste. Along the way in the Bible, there is so much high drama filled with creation, men and women in search of home, kingdoms built and lost, fire falling from the sky, the baby obscurely born in a manger, two men walking toward each other on a stormy sea, the horror of the cross, and the earth-shattering resurrection. …

“Those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.” (Matthew 16:25)

Saturday, November 12, 2011
When I was in college, I dropped out for a year to “find myself.” A lot of us were doing that back then. (It used to sound so much more poetic than it does now.) By the end of that year, what I found was that I was broke, working the midnight shift at a gas station, and clearly without prospects. If this was the real me that I had found, I knew I was in trouble. …

“Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.” (Matthew 14:27)

Saturday, November 5, 2011
Your disciples had spent the whole night at sea with the wind against them. By the morning, they had to be exhausted and still so terrified. As you walked across the water toward them, they assumed it was a ghost. After the night they had been through, I’m sure they were ready to see ghosts. But it was really you. …

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