Friday, April 02, 2010. From Gardens to the Cross. In the garden we find agony. But Jesus, God in flesh, had seen agony in the garden before. As He watched His perfect creation choose the lie of Satan over the promise of life, there was agony in the garden. except this garden was not Gethsemane, it was Eden. Agony in Eden was the prequel for agony in Gethsemane.

Thursday, January 29, 2009. I Want to Get Close to You. I want to get close to You. So close that I can reach my hand out. And wipe a tiny drop of blood. From the end of Your nose. Take eight fingers and wipe the dirt. From underneath Your eyes;. The sweat beads from the brow of Your head. It feels like they ran me. As if they chiseled me into a spear. To break forth the water. The hurt feels real to me now. You look deep into my eyes,. Deep past the sin that put You here.

I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. It is doubtful that God will ever use a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply. Sunday, December 17, 2006. Is this some kind of a joke? Tuesday, June 13, 2006. Today we had to put him to sleep.