by Space Welch | Aug 8, 2022 | Celebration and Wonder, Miscellaneous Musings, Redemption and Grace
Many of you may not know it, but I sometimes struggle with depression. I have learned, over the course of a lifetime, and a quarter-century of being led by the Holy Spirit, how to fight it, but also how to spot the warning flares in the road. One flaming torch of...
by Space Welch | May 31, 2022 | Miscellaneous Musings, Redemption and Grace
Did you know Joseph was sold for less than the redemption price of a slave (Exodus 21:32)? (For the record, Jesus was sold for the exact price of a dead slave.). Not only was he sold for two-thirds the price of a dead slave… He was sold by his own brothers! He...
by Space Welch | May 4, 2022 | Intimacy with Christ, Redemption and Grace
In the beginning of the Book is a story of God speaking a garden into existence, then handcrafting man to dwell in it. So He could enjoy communion with the man and his wife. The conclusion of the story of God is a palace, which He also crafted, to dwell in with His...
by Space Welch | Apr 17, 2022 | Miscellaneous Musings, Redemption and Grace
It is almost unbearable to rehash the story of Christ’s death. Even after decades of reading this story, I instinctually groan when the chief priests and the Pharisees called Him “that deceiver” (Matthew 27:63). Because it’s such a...
by Space Welch | Mar 21, 2022 | Miscellaneous Musings, Redemption and Grace
I recluse when I’m in the thicket of struggle. I don’t mean to. I deeply value vulnerability, especially my own, because I know being honest about my struggles can lead to freedom in someone else. I have fought that demon “Shame” in much...
by Space Welch | Feb 2, 2022 | Intimacy with Christ, Miscellaneous Musings, Redemption and Grace
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God...
