Living Above the Sun Ministries

"I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors." - Psalm 130:5-6; Proverbs 8:34 Waiting is something we don't do well anymore as a society. Even waiting in the drive-thru is too much for us! Waiting in traffic, waiting for someone, waiting to hear if you were accepted into a school or society. Life is full of waiting. Waiting for the promotion, waiting for the BIG trip, waiting to move, these are just some of the things I have had to wait for lately. It makes us anxious, and the unknown is full of questions. Will I like where I'm going? What if? Am I really going to be able to pay my bills? Things aren't all flowers, rainbows, and unicorns at work with that promotion, now what? Do we run to the next thing? Do we stay where we are for...

"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction , that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope . Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction , on whom the end of the ages has come." -2 Timothy 3:16-17; Romans 15:4; 1 Corinthians 10:11 Happy 2020! My first post of the new year, go figure, huh? It's the time of year when everyone is feeling cute, and unstoppable, on top of things; we've made our resolutions, determined to be better than we were two days ago, two months ago, two years ago. While I don't really make resolutions anymore, on a personal level I can tell you that I've made a lot of progress the past two years. It's not been ...

"The wicked are edgy with guilt, ready to run off even when no one’s after them; Honest people are relaxed and confident, bold as lions." Conscience is that thing that feels bad when everything else feels good. The guilt condemns you. Paul addresses law and conscience in his letter to the Romans, see especially chapters 1 & 2. The Law- the truth - God is hard wired into our brain, God made us that way. But some of us keep running, and try to numb it all out when our conscience tells on us. Alcohol, cutting, denial, hiding in a cave (just a few of my personal choices). We just can't seem to get away from it no matter what we try. There is a correlation between wickedness and fear on the one hand, and righteousness and courage on the other hand. And the gospel is a message about how wicked people can get right with God through Jesus Christ so that they have a righteousness that makes them as bold as a lion. How do we get there? There is a law; a truth; a Wor...