Posted on July 21, 2011, 9:35 pm, by Bill Gaultiere.
Jesus finds the lost sheep!
By Bill Gaultiere © 2011
Have you ever been lost? It’s frightening!
But how sweet it is to be found and to see the smile of the one you love.
Being Lost
One time I got lost leading my 11-year old son on a hike up a mountain. We were coming down the peak and got lost. The sun was going down and it was very cold. We were hiking through snow, far from help, shivering and trembling with fear. Just in the nick of time God brought us some other hikers who knew the way back down the mountain.
Another time my precious [...]
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Posted on September 24, 2010, 10:24 pm, by Bill Gaultiere.
By Bill Gaultiere © 2010
We think our heart is our feelings. So we contrast our head and heart to differentiate thinking and feeling.
But in the Biblical understanding our heart is our will, our capacity for choice, the center of our being that is our orientation for life. Our heart is our spirit that animates our personality; it is the source of our initiative and vitality. (In Psalm 51 “heart”, “will,” and “spirit” are used to refer to essentially the same aspect of our person.)
If emotions are the center of our being and the orientation of our life, rather than our will centered on [...]
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