From The Valley of Vision:
O Maker and Upholder of all things,
Day and night are thine; they are also mine from thee–
The night to ride me of the cares of the day,
to refresh my weary body,
to renew my natural strength;
the day to summon me to new activities,
to give me opportunity to glorify thee,
to serve my generation,
to [...]

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He then meditates upon the benefits which he received from God, and thereby stirs himself up to thanksgiving. [italics mine] — John Calvin, Commentary on Psalm 16
As I prepare my heart for worship this morning, I am struck by verse 6 of Psalm 16–chiefly because I didn’t know what it meant. “The lines,” announces David, [...]

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“The principle underlying the Sabbath is formulated in the Decalogue itself. It consists in this, that man must copy God in his course of life. The divine creative work completed itself in six days, whereupon the seventh day followed as a day of rest for God. In connection with God, ‘rest’ cannot, of course, means [...]

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I have always gone to Jim Elliot’s journals from time to time to reinforce and pattern my own habit of spiritual journaling. One of my favorite passages occurs May 1, 1949, when he wrote what he calls a “Twentieth-century version of Isaiah 58:1-7″. I think of it as an admirable example of personal application through [...]

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