Meditations

THE TRUTHS OF GOD Whatever else I am, I am a seeker after truth. Wherever that leads me, there I will go. Like a loving spouse, I want to be ever faithful to truth. I detest lies and half-truths, and the devil, who Jesus calls “a liar and the father of lies” (John 8:44). There […]

ON LOVING CHRIST Do you love Jesus Christ? I mean for who Christ is, rather than for what Christ can do for you? Here is dialogue between Christ and me about this issue: The Lord said to me, “Do you love Me for my power or my Person, For what I can do for you, […]

This meditation comes as close as I have come to describing the ineffable event of union with God, albeit temporary in time, though not in effect. It is an analogy, but a somewhat accurate one. I invite you to come along with me and meditate on an inland sea. Find an imaginative place from which […]

Among the most haunting words of Scripture are those of Psalm 73:25-26. After wondering why the wicked prosper, God shows the psalmist that they will be swept away at the end. Realizing then how ignorant and foolish he has been, and that God has in hidden fact been with him all the time, even holding […]

When I wrote the following prayer poem, it was in effort to verbally commit myself not only to loving God, but also to being only loving toward God with my words, as well as my actions. To commit your life, your heart and soul to love, and to the God who is love, is the […]

We rest better with a trusted other, than all alone. Alone, our mind easily wanders to the troubling areas of our life. And before we know it, our inner worrier kicks in, like an intensifying generator with seemingly endless fuel. Yet when we rest with a trusted other, it becomes easier to find peace in […]