I must follow, if I can

Pursuing it with eager feet / Until it joins some larger way

  • Road trip…

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on May 13, 2005

    Last night Josh & I went on a bike ride for what must have been 17 or 18 miles, at least. We rode from Bear Hole up to the end of the dirt road in Upper Park and then kept going. We crossed the creek with our bikes on our... [Read More]

  • You do what you can…

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on May 10, 2005

    A few months ago I watched a convicting show about Walmart on Frontline that caused me to not want to shop there anymore. I also saw one about the credit card industry that I found quite disturbing. (Thanks to Zach for the recommendations.) [Read More]
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  • passion…

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on May 7, 2005

    “When you are at the end of your rope … When you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you … When you are torn apart with hunger …”–these are times Jesus says the life of God can take deep root (Matthew 5:1-6). These are times when desire for... [Read More]
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  • "Removing the Veil"

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on April 27, 2005

    John Piper is fond of quoting the catechism, which says, “The chief end of man is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever.” But the capacity for this manner of enjoyment is something impossible for man in our fallen state. Our grandfather Adam has planted in all of us a... [Read More]

  • As Unto the Lord…

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on April 25, 2005

    I just read something in Disciplines of a Godly Man that goes along perfectly with what Pastor Sam said yesterday about 1 Thessalonians 4:11b-12a–“…work with your own hands, as we commanded you, that you may walk properly toward those who are outside…” (NKJV). Kent Hughes makes an important point, although... [Read More]

  • Spiritual Bankruptcy

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on April 15, 2005

    David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him. And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, gathered to him.... [Read More]

  • ‘My sheep hear my voice’

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on April 12, 2005

    I am overjoyed at hearing about friends who have been receiving clear direction from the Lord lately. There is a clear distinction between His voice, when we just KNOW it’s Him, and the ‘confirmation’ and ‘peace about it’ that we produce for ourselves through rationalization and reasoning—when we consult other... [Read More]