The Voice of Truth

"The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” (Deuteronomy 31:8, NASB) Lord, I feel like I am under some sort of spiritual attack.   My mind is shifting to and fro from one negative thought to another.   You seem so far away.   It would be easy and even natural to allow my feelings and emotions to dictate to me who I am and how I should think and believe.   I know from experience that that is not TRUTH.   This morning, I choose to believe YOU!   I am still a child of the Living God.   I am forgiven.   I am accepted and loved in Christ Jesus.   Your Holy Spirit lives in me empowering me to do all that you have asked me to do.   Sin has no power over me whatsoever.   I go into this day knowing that your Holy Presence is with me everywhere I go.   That statement is not some insignificant, insincere platitude; rather it is a profound statemen...

Talking with a friend today, I remembered what is was like to be full of guilt and shame over the sin and in my life and how difficult, even impossible, it was to look my wife or anyone else in the eyes.   The eyes are the windows to the soul.  You can often discern a person's emotional state or state of mind simply by looking into their eyes.  The hurt, disappointment, depression, joy, sadness, expectation, etc., can all be read in the eyes.  It was a simple thing really.  As I was enjoying my lunch today with a good friend, I caught myself looking directly into his eyes as he was talking with me.  In that moment, I realized that this was something that was relatively new for me.  I remember being so overwhelmed with guilt and shame over my sin, that I could hardly look anyone in the eyes for fear they would see the real me in my gaze.  The idea of someone being able to see my emotional insides, my true self, was scary; it s...