Of all the things I read or watched this year, the video below has stayed with me the most, I think. God didn’t ask my opinion about having a son with multiple disabilities. I’m grateful for that as I would have responded wrongly, and I did respond wrongly. But somewhere along the way he changed [...]
Archive for December, 2011
“It’s not that I have to. I get to.”
Posted in commentary, Special Events on December 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Suffering preaches God’s love and justice!
Posted in Quotes on December 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I decided my office needed a good purge before we enter 2012, and I uncovered a gem of a little booklet by Paul Tripp, Suffering: Eternity Makes a Difference. Trials and suffering explode the myth that the goal of life is to get as much as I can. They remind me that the best earthly [...]
“I can now see the magnificence of our Savior” – Tony Reinke
Posted in Quotes on December 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I”m surrounded by prolific readers who make helpful recommendations. So when I heard several recommendations for Tony Reinke’s book and then was given it, I looked forward to reading it. But I wasn’t expecting a book about books to knock me flat on my face to worship! I can now see the magnificence of our [...]
Let us use what we have rather than regret what we don’t!
Posted in Quotes on December 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A helpful word from Charles Spurgeon about using the gifts we have for God’s glory and for the sake of other people, like the four men who brought the paralytic to Jesus: After all, the method which the four friends followed was one most suitable to their abilities. They were, I suppose, four strong fellows, [...]
“My disability prompts me to trust God rather than rely on my own strength.”
Posted in Quotes on December 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Mark Talbot is a gift to Christ’s church. He uses his massive intellectual gifts for the sake of the church, and God has shaped those gifts through Dr. Talbot’s disability. I pray you’ll get to know him better in 2012: I have come to realize that God is protecting me from idolatrous self-sufficiency by taking [...]
Good news – it is grace that we have Christ!
Posted in commentary on December 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I really like Matt Hammit of Sanctus Real. His youngest son was born in 2010 with a serious heart defect. God provided excellent care, and today he’s growing – with half a heart. It also did something to his father, making him both more serious and more joyful. I’ve enjoyed watching this happen, and also [...]
To my friends who face Christmas with an acute mingling of joy and sorrow
Posted in commentary, Scripture on December 24, 2011 | 5 Comments »
On Christmas morning my three younger children will slide out of bed and rush to look in their stockings. They will happily compare their little gifts, then not-so-happily wait until everyone is up and breakfast is served, eaten and table cleared before we open presents. They live with excitement about receiving gifts, and increasingly with [...]
Ken and Joni invite everyone to read through the Bible with them!
Posted in Scripture on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the best things I’ve done for myself is to commit to read through the Bible in a disciplined way. In fact, I was just wondering when I should blog about that again as the new year approaches when I saw Joni tweet her own invitation to read through the Bible in a year! [...]
Be patient. The gifts accrue over time. For everybody!
Posted in News on December 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Another encouraging word from Jan Lacher. Please note how much Jan invests in both the church and in Michael. It isn’t always possible, I know. I’m not even suggesting it is always wise. That’s why every engagement in the church that needs to be different because of disability should be prayed for ‘without ceasing,’ asking [...]
Registration open for Desiring God’s Conference The Works of God: God’s Good Design in Disability on November 8
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Why I am optimistic about 2012
Posted in commentary, Scripture, Sermons on December 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Friday morning I woke up with no heat in the house because the boiler had failed, Desiring God was still $200,000 from its year-end goal, and Paul had multiple seizures the day before. I felt crummy. The little darts and arrows of anxiety and doubt were multiplying. Yet, I knew enough to say to Dianne, [...]
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