Posts Categorized: Lent

I Lift up My Eyes to the Hills

Photograph of cross on roof of church

Psalm 121 1   I lift up my eyes to the hills — from where will my help come? 2   My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 3   He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. 4   He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5   The LORD is… Read more »

Distinction

  Romans 3: 22-24 God’s righteousness comes through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who have faith in him. There’s no distinction. 23 All have sinned and fall short of God’s glory, but all are treated as righteous freely by his grace because of a ransom that was paid by Christ Jesus. All of us fall short,… Read more »

Misereri Mei, Deus

Today, read the English translation of psalm 51 below, and listen to this beautiful recording in a time of contemplative prayer. This psalm has been set to music so many times throughout the ages that many of us may have a favorite recording. But we don’t often pray about our sin with this kind of… Read more »

Shame and Grace

Lent is the season to remember the sacrifice of Christ. I cannot help but vividly imagine Jesus hanging on the cross, blood dripping from the wounds of the nails and thorns that pierce his body. I cannot help but imagine the pain he must have suffered. The pain placed on him by my sins. Shame… Read more »