The House You're Building

[19] Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, [20] by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, [21] and since we have a great priest over the house of God, [22] let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. [23] Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. [24] And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, [25] not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. [26] For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, [27] but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. [28] Anyone who has set asi...

Even when we are too weak to have any faith left, he remains faithful to us and will help us, for he cannot disown us who are part of himself, and he will always carry out his promises to us. (2 Timothy 2:13; Philips paraphrase) It’s that time of year where we look back and look ahead.  Everyone is in the business of self improvement and we jokingly know that most habits will die out not far into the month.  I never make resolutions as I can sometimes be a little to intense about not meeting personal goals, so I avoid making them.   On the blog, around this time,  I typically share you with what God is doing in me, my faceless audience (might be a time to mention I have a lot of regular traffic on the blog but not a lot of comments so please interact to help guide my future content). Well, right now I’m here to confess that I didn’t keep my “spiritual” resolution from last year and don’t have any clear picture about where I’m going next.  In the previous yea...