But how could God possibly live on earth with people? If heaven, even the highest heaven, can’t contain you, how can this temple that I have built contain you? Lord, my God, listen to your servant’s prayer and request, and hear the cry and prayer that I your servant pray to you.2 Chronicles 6:18-19 Late Friday …
- Grace and David Maul reading together You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.Isaiah 26:3-4 - Wake Forest based writer, Derek Maul I want to preface this post by saying how important it is to me that I treat subjects with respect when …
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This morning, reading our daily devotional together, Rebekah and I came across the following passage I'd like to share. The section of the book reflects on our journey through Holy Week on the road from Palm Sunday to Easter. The scripture comes from Luke 20: So they watched Jesus and sent spies who pretended to …
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Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong; for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away. Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.Psalm 37 Today I am taking a detour away from the "Love and Mercy" theme this third …
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Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. - 1 Corinthians 13:12 Lack of empathy for others' perception turns out …
Wake Forest, North Carolina is a beautiful community. However, with new development under way, I am concerned that the "forest" part of our name is at risk. Cut any more trees down and we will be reduced to "Wake Woods", "Wake Trees", or - eventually - just "Wake." One collateral consequence has been the family …
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it's about learning to find a unique perspective
We have the opportunity to recognize, and to welcome Jesus (or to reject Jesus) many times in each day.
"Wisdom requires humility, peace, putting others first, and sincerity."
Maybe it really is true that the younger children are, the closer they are to remembering - that they have a history with God (that we all have a history), a story we easily forget in this terrestrial plane, and that so much of faith is really about remembering...
Derek Maul: Words and Photographs for the Journey 