Solomon tells us that “a happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing” (Proverbs 17:22, AMP ). God undoubtedly has a sense of humor; we need only look at some of the animals He created (it’s hard not to smile at the sight of a hippo, a monkey, or a puppy). Or think of some of the married couples you know: don’t you think God was smiling at the wedding as He looked ahead to the interaction of the wildly different personalities that will be living together?Posts Tagged ‘goodness’
the goodness of God
I’ve been worshipping and praying for a while this morning, delighting in the goodness and loving-kindness of God. If you’ve been checking the blog this week, you’ll see I haven’t posted since I went to the hotel last Thursday (a week ago!). Each day I planned to write; each day something happened and I ended up not writing. As I sat down this morning at the keyboard, I thought, “what did I choose to do each morning instead of writing?” Nothing of great importance, as far as I can tell.
I was feeling rather condemned — aside from any tacit commitment I have to my readers to post regularly, I have a commitment to myself and to God to write…
when I think of God…
Poetry is challenging for the majority of my students, both because of unfamiliarity and because of poor teaching in the past. Most of my students have apprehensions and misconceptions about poetry, and so I will often introduce it by writing on the board “When I think of poetry…” and asking them to complete the statement by writing for a few minutes. When students read their responses, I hear things like “it’s hard to understand” and “it doesn’t make sense.” There is the student who loves poetry and has been looking forward to discussing it all semester, but there’s generally only one in a class of thirty-five.
I suspect that if I ask my students to complete the statement “When I think of God…” I would get pretty similar responses. Ditto, my neighbors and coworkers and even fellow Christians. There are a lot of apprehensions and misconceptions about God…
Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version ®, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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