myopic pilgrim

I love Martin Luther’s powerful song, A Mighty Fortress, because it portrays Christ as a victor. But the third verse has a line that I want your opinion on. What is the “little word” that defeats Satan? Who speaks it?

The prince of darkness grim — We tremble not for him;
His rage we can endure, For lo! his doom is sure,
One little word shall fell him.

Maybe I don’t out and out cry, but I tear up a little bit. Even just telling someone about the song can get me going. You’ll notice there aren’t a lot of worship songs. For me even badly written or performed worship songs can get to me if I’m in the right frame of mind.

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We go through these cycles, don’t we, in raising children. The particular one I’m thinking of is a wheel of effort and ease.

Infant

Effort

There’s the incredible effort just to get him into this world. It wasn’t as easy to get pregnant as I was led to believe and hanging on to him for nine months was even tougher. If we succeed we’re rewarded with labor which I hear is hard on a woman’s body. We get him home and we freak out because he needs us so much all of the time. We are constantly hovering over him, afraid he’ll break from the air molecules bouncing off the soft spot on his head.

Ease

After he’s a couple of months old, we slip into a groove. We realize Read the rest of this entry »

Just saw a plate with the following:
YMXB. Now that’s nerdtastic!

Remember that no matter what you give up for Lent, you don’t fast on Sundays because that is a day of celebration. Buying sugary coffee drinks isn’t on the list, but that’s what I’m doing.

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