Author: Sandra Scrufari

God is timeless. I mean, of course, that he transcends time. He is present in eternity past and eternity future. Time is not out of his control nor is it something outside himself. If we believe that he created everything, the concept of time must be of his design and he will use it to… Continue reading Would you believe… God rules over time?

We have heard a great deal of talk regarding getting back to normal after COVID-19. Then, as one writer put it, we have had the manmade crisis regarding the death of Mr. Floyd added to the natural crisis of the virus.What is normal? We try to squinch too much into this word, maybe making it… Continue reading Normal is Not an Earthly Treasure

Free from but not of….with a dangling preposition… In my previous blog, I repeated something similar to something Mahaney said: our fears, our concerns, our worries are not the cause of our anxiety but the occasion. Now insert any struggle that you have with depression, lust, anger, bitterness – anything at all. If we dependently pray to God… Continue reading Repenting Toward an Occasion to Glorify God

How do we understand our own dependence? Christians would say that we are dependent upon the Lord. What does that mean? How does dependence upon God help us? I’d like to propose today how ‘worry’ can be our way to a deeper understanding of our dependence upon God, for how we live our lives moment… Continue reading Labor to Rest

“And [Jesus] said to them, ‘The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.’” (Mark 2:27-28). Our (eternal) rest is not dependent upon our circumstances or the whims of another, but upon the God-Man Jesus the Christ who has sovereign control of… Continue reading Christ, Our Eternal Rest

Self-pity is a kind of self-inflicted suffering that says, “I feel rotten and I wish someone would help me to feel better, and, by the way, why isn’t anyone noticing that I feel rotten and I wish that someone would help me feel better, if no one helps me feel better I’m just going to… Continue reading The Poochy Lip Will Get You If You Don’t Watch Out

When you press a grape, you get grape juice. When you press garlic, you get – well those little pieces of garlic that come out of the squares…and juice. What happens when you are pressed? What comes out? If you are a Christian – that is if Christ has arrested your heart and you have… Continue reading When you press a grape, you get grape juice.

I settled in to my quiet time, little lamp on for ambiance, my piping hot cup of coffee in my favorite cup (Mmmm – picture Elf sitting in the corner of his dad’s office on his little stool, self-focused, savoring the smell of the hot liquid…) then BAM! I read Matthew 6:16-18. What? Where did that come from?… Continue reading I thought it was just a normal morning…

Webster’s 1828 Dictionary defines suffering as: “The bearing of pain, inconvenience or loss; pain endured; distress, loss or injury incurred; as suffering by pain or sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs. Discontentment is different. Discontentment is an ‘unquietness’ of heart. It is bitter, even spilling out of one’s soul. Webster’s 1828 Dictionary defines discontentment… Continue reading Suffering for Sanctification’s Sake

Our Father who is in heaven…Our  Father…Even someone like myself who, I confess, many times would rather take a bag of books alone into the woods, is starting to feel that inward design to need community. Our Father…This prayer is a model for us given by the incarnate God himself. It is no mistake that the opening words are… Continue reading Carpe Diem