One year ago I delivered the message that Holy Spirit shared with me during one of the worst firestorm seasons to ever hit the U.S. state in which I live. That message was recorded in Two Kinds of Flames, Part 1. These two posts go hand-in-hand. Before you read any further in Part 2, I encourage […]
The two Holy Fruit posts serve as a significant lead-in to the whole of Vineyard Days, which begins with the opening post of the same title, three posts down. The story / study of the Shulamite Bride in the Song of Songs and Jesus' vineyard teachings of John 15 reads chronologically from Vineyard Days and following. May your spiritual growth be stimulated and your heart be moved to ever-deepening love with the Bridegroom King, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Vineyard Days – Ruby Vintage
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. For the Director of our Ruby song. Of Wayne & Nancy. A song of praise. We waited patiently for the LORD; He turned to us and heard our cry. He lifted us out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set our […]
Reflections of an Election Heart, Round Eleven
“the value of the earthly and the wonder when what happens here moves us to the heavenly” – in an email from my friend and former fellow team blogger at Ishshah’s Story, Pat Joyce – *** She’s ba-a-ck. I heard the ‘Ding. Ding.’ My week opened up and lots of prayerful processing has been going […]
Vineyard Days – Flawless, Part 1
You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you. Song of Songs 4:7 NIV It feels like I’m returning to a dearly beloved friend. If you have returned here too, welcome back. Vineyard Days has been resting its field for the past seven months. When last we left the Shulamite Bride, Bridegroom […]
Vineyard Days – Flawless, Part 2
You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you. Song of Songs 4:7 (NIV) Previously in Flawless – What He is building is the wife of the Lamb, the new Jerusalem, the Bride of Christ. She belongs to Him and He’s about to lay claim. *** In the first post of Flawless, I confessed […]
Vineyard Days – Flawless, Part 3
Thanks for returning from Flawless, Part 2 as we unpack, to a small degree, what it means to be seen by the Bridegroom as altogether beautiful, with no Molid in us. *** After being introduced to Molid tucked in the middle of the Song, the year that followed was one of fine-tuning the optics of […]
Vineyard Days – Flawless, Part 4
You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you. Song of Songs 4:7 (NIV) Flawless, Part 3 was filled with some of the most difficult to comprehend of Christ’s hard sayings. A speaking the truth in love that tempts believers to rethink this God they say they know and love. Like the […]
Vineyard Days – Flawless, Part 5
You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you. Song of Songs 4:7 (NIV) Bless you for returning. Part 4 was delivered seven weeks earlier. In that pause of weeks – while other life, commitments and attention was required elsewhere – Faithful and True was busy being just that. Our Bridegroom King […]
Vineyard Days – Selah IX
Six months have passed since we left off the mini-study of Molid (Mo-leed) in the five Flawless posts. Though it’s been a lengthy selah already, welcome to Vineyard Days-Selah IX before we continue on. No matter how I do or do not plan my writing focus and time, Holy Spirit seems to delight in proving the efficacy1 […]
Vineyard Days – “Come with Me from…”
“Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. Descend from the crest of Amana, from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon, from the lions’ dens and the mountain haunts of the leopards.” Song of Songs 4:8 – NIV84 When one is truly, madly, deeply in love, the heart’s yearning […]