Peace in the Storm

A place for hope & encouragement

PITS Featured in Christians with Chronic Illness Blog Carnival

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The May edition of the "Christians with Chronic Illness" blog carnival is now posted at http://chronicillnesssupport.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/christians-with-chronic-illness-blog-carnival-2, and I'm honored that a recent post from Peace in the Storm was included ("An Opportunity for Joy"). As many of you know, PITS is largely comprised of Bible verses and passages that have been a source of strength […]

An Opportunity for Joy

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Something to think about: "Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy." – James 1:2 (New Living Translation) The version of the Bible I was reading offline – also New Living Translation, but apparently a different edition – replaces "consider" with "let," which for some reason strikes […]

O Come All Ye Faithful

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Several weeks ago, I was refreshed, revived, invigorated – pick a word – when John Fischer spoke at our church's men's retreat. I've been receiving John's "Catch of the Day" emails since then, and I really appreciate his ministry. One of his recent writings seemed to fit well with both the Christmas season and the […]

Yet I Will Rejoice (Habakkuk 3:18)

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I departed from my "scheduled" Bible reading today and opened the Bible in search of random (or Spirit-led) inspiration. First I opened the book to 1 Kings. I don’t want to read there. Next I opened it to Isaiah. I read from there not too long ago. (This isn’t sounding very random anymore, is it?) […]

Looking for Peace, Wisdom and Understanding

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That title, I suppose, sums up what I’ve been up to over the past several weeks. What about you? I haven’t written a Peace in the Storm post since the "What David Knew" series, so I thought I would check in with some recent musings from my journal… Inspired by a sermon series at our […]

What David Knew: God’s Love

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The "What David Knew" series is officially over, but I wanted to share just one follow-up post. As I was reviewing the text of Psalm 139:13-18 from week to week while writing this series, what became clear to me was that what David knew could be summed up this way: David knew God’s love. For […]

What David Knew: Never Alone

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This is part six of a six-part, six-week series based on Psalm 139:13-18. Well, here we are at the final verse in this series. Psalm 139:18b is the source of this week’s installment. There, the psalmist David wrote, "And when I wake up, you are still with me!" (New Living Translation) I said last week […]