Dear Logos Family, Last week I shared some ideas from Pastor Rick Warren about Overcoming Discouragement. Here are a few more thoughts on the topic. RELAX IN YOUR LIMITATIONS. We get discouraged when we try to do more than humanly possible. We all need a realistic view of what we can do. Paul … Read more
Dear Logos Family, Here are some helpful thoughts for Overcoming Discouragement from pastor Rick Warren. No matter what’s discouraging you today: You’re not alone. The greatest missionary in the history of the church faced all kinds of discouraging circumstances. In 2 Corinthians Paul describes being shipwrecked, flogged, beaten, stoned and more. But Paul … Read more
Dear Logos Family, “This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel says: ‘In repentance and rest is your salvation, In quietness and trust is your strength.” Isaiah 30:15 (NIV) Last night it snowed two inches in Cle Elum. The new snow is pretty covering the old snow … Read more
Dear Logos Family, “Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in … Read more
Dear Logos Family, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV) Sometimes life seems very cloudy. We understand this living in Seattle. The … Read more
Beauty in Vanity Old Testament Passage: Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 2 “Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless!” 3 What do people get for all their hard work under the sun? 4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth never changes. 5 The sun rises and the sun sets, then hurries around to rise again. 6 The wind blows south, and then … Read more
Blessed are the Meek New Testament Verse: Matthew 5:5 5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” There’s something unique about Jesus. Throughout the Gospels, we see Jesus as a meek person. He wasn’t considered to be weak nor was he indecisive or timid nor was he a push-over. Jesus was nothing … Read more
Dear Logos Family, “….as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” Ps 103:12 (NIV) Jennifer and I celebrated our 36th anniversary last night. We went to a nice restaurant and I had a feeling before we left for dinner that we might talk about … Read more
Dear Logos Family, “….as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” Ps 103:12 (NIV) Jennifer and I celebrated our 36th anniversary last night. We went to a nice restaurant and I had a feeling before we left for dinner that we might talk about … Read more
Dear Logos Family, Tradition is one of the things I am appreciating more as I get older. Maybe it’s because the world is changing so fast that I sometimes feel like I’m being left behind and not able to keep up. (And if the truth be told I don’t always care!) Or … Read more
