The Three Cs

“Reason argues in this way: If you have been justified, you cannot be a sinner. But the argument is not valid. For reason does not know or understand the magnitude of divine mercy or how important it is and how effective faith is. For that reason men do not cease to bury the Word of God with human inventions. For they are so bound together by that mistletoe of reason that they do not know how to discern true from false. They do not value it very highly that God can do this, that though sin remains, he considers us to be righteous and pure, and that a man is so absolved, as if he had no sin, for Christs sake. We truly thank God, because his imputation is greater than our impurity. And sin, which in substance is not being removed, shall be imputed as having been removed and shall be absorbed by the goodness of God who conceals it on account of Christ who overshadows it, although it remains in nature and substance. The adversaries do not want to admit this. Therefore they laugh when we sa...

Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man. I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One. Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know! Sadly, I wasn't bold enough this morning to post this entire passage to my Facebook page: I wimped out with only the rhetorical questions from verse 4: "Who has ascended ... gathered the wind ... wrapped up the waters ... established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely, you know! I do know, and so do you. Don't you? Really, I wanted to post it all, especially that first part. That passage leaped off the page at me, like most of them do. This time it reminded me of who I am. I am wretched, and I shouldn't be ashamed to admit it....

My wife doesn't write often enough. But years ago, she wrote this, which I found while looking through one of my old websites. I hope you enjoy it. Voices I never really listened to what I had to say If I had taken my own advice my life might've gone another way. I took on all the problems of those who couldn't cope I gave them all the answers I returned to them their hope. Though never did I realize that the words were meant for me I thought my problems were too big for all the world to see. But then one night I had a dream His face is what I saw He said to me “This is the way here's how to have it all.” “Listen to yourself” He said “The answers are within Within your soul I'll talk to you Truth shall you hear and happiness shall you win.” The moral of this poem is as simple as it is true The only one who has the answers is God listening, experiencing, acting they are all up to you. So listen to the Voice inisde when it says “Child, I love you” It's God ...