Thursday, December 12, 2024

There is a cost


After I Peter 1:13-21

To believe, and to follow,

may impart a cost.

To deny what the word

says is right may require

a cost. To answer the call

to be holy means you are

different, you will be

different, and the difference

becomes sharper, more

distinctive, separating you

even more as each day

passes. You are being 

prepared for something

far better, far greater,

far more beautiful than 

what the world has to offer, 

what the world is able 

to offer.

 

Photograph by Random Thinking via Unsplash. Used with permission.


Some Friday Readings

 

Mary’s Song – poem by Charles Causley at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin). 

 

Those Who Sing Songs in the Night – Tim Challies.

 

Advent I – poem by Andrew Peterson at The Rabbit Room. 

 

In Advent Stillness – poem by Jeffrey Essman at Society of Classical Poets. 

 

Silent Night – poem by Kelly Belmonte at Kell’s Scribbles.

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