Sometimes you need to keep things simple–really simple. Really, sometimes you just need to go back to basics. I’ve been in that place lately. On one hand, it is a ridiculously exciting time to be alive. I feel a shift in the spiritual atmosphere that I’ve never felt before. I’ve heard amazing testimonies on a larger … More Back to Basics
I’m still here, Lord. I’m still here with You. I’m still here waiting with You. I’m still here waiting for You. You already know this, but I’m not going anywhere. Whether You come through as I’ve believed–or even as I believe You’ve promised–I’m not going anywhere. To whom shall I go? You hold my heart in … More To Whom Shall I Go?
Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Phil. 1:6 NIV Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto … More Confident
“There is a time to be quiet, and a time to speak.” –Ecc 3: 7 There is a time to speak out. There is a time to share and to declare. There is a time to process and to profess — a time to explain and to express –a time to understand and to be … More A Time to be Quiet
“Lazarus is dead. And for your sakes, I’m glad I wasn’t there, for now you will really believe.” –John 11:14-15 NLT Funny how a particular passage of scripture can speak to you deeply through the years, but then one day you hear it as if you’ve never heard it before. You see it like you’ve … More When Lazarus is Dead …
“When God closes one door He opens another, but it can be hell in the hallway.” I’m not sure where the quote originated, but the first time I heard it, I chuckled. It was an “Oh boy, can I relate to that!” kind of chuckle. Honestly, I think most of us have been able to relate to … More Heaven in the Hallway
Hope. That sometimes elusive, always essential, element of human life. I’ve heard it said that we can live for weeks without food, days without water, and minutes without air—but we can’t live a second without hope. Yet life is unpredictable. It is filled with situations that we simply cannot control. Hardships of every shape and … More Resurrected Hope
So, um, this is a picture of me (yes me) being interviewed on TV. To be honest, I wasn’t terribly thrilled about the prospect. I’ve always found it rather funny that I can pray for certain things, but then when God answers, somehow I manage to groan and complain about the way He answered. It sounds incredibly … More Stretching, bending, flowing …oh… and giving away free books
I’m a prisoner of hope I’m captive to grace I’m bound by the strong cords of love Yet I’m free I’m gloriously Wonderfully Marvelously Amazingly Free To be Everything He created me to be In hope In grace In love Because I’m madly Passionately Head-over-heels In love With the One Who first loved me May … More Forever Bound
We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps. – Proverbs 16:9 NLT Always Faithfully Relentlessly Perfectly He determines our steps. He perfectly determines our steps in His intricately, amazingly, precisely perfect timing. Plan away–but rest in the grace of His perfectly timed and perfectly ordained leadership. Because He never fails.
I recently ran across this devotion that I wrote several years ago. Since the Lord used it just recently to speak to my heart, I thought I would tweak it just a bit and post it here … “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name … More Waiting at the Gate Called Beautiful
January is human trafficking awareness month. In order to help bring awareness in my little corner of the blogosphere, I’m posting this short (and very unpolished!) entry taken straight from my journal during my last trip to SE Asia. The Girl in the Red Dress She walked in Seemingly full of joy Bright red lips To … More The Girl in the Red Dress
“During those days, everyone was gripped with messianic expectations, believing the Messiah could come at any moment …” –Luke 3:15 tPt Perhaps some of them had been around long enough to remember the stir some thirty years back. The rumors. The rumblings that Messiah had been born in Bethlehem. Sure, it had been quiet since … More Expectancy
I haven’t been posting a lot lately. My thoughts and attention have been elsewhere. I can only do so many things and do them well, so I’ve learned not to force the areas that don’t seem to be flowing. I have a very high value for being intentional with my time and resources, and it … More Feeling Nostalgic
God is good. Really, really good. All the time. Really. I wrote a post a few days ago about some of the things I know to be true. The fact that I am absolutely convinced of God’s unchanging goodness probably should have been at the top of the list. I know it like I know … More God IS good … all the time
I think a lot of things. I have a lot of opinions about a lot of different things. Most people do. (Or at least I think they do!) Thinking is a good thing. We weren’t created to be robots or automatons. We are unique, thinking, feeling creatures. We all ought to learn to think critically … More The things I KNOW to be true …
Here I am, Abba It seems I start so many prayers this way Maybe because this is my one constant I’m here with You And even more amazing You’re always here with me There is such deep comfort in that knowledge You are the God who is always present You are the God who is … More Still Here … With You
My grace is sufficient for you … –2 Corinthians 12:9 I love you, beloved. I love the unique you—the one-of-a-kind you that I created you to be. You were made for love—and as you become more and more secure in My love, you will begin to see the unique and personal ways I work in YOUR … More From His Heart to Yours: October 4, 2014
Before the throne of God above I have a strong and perfect plea A great high Priest whose name is Love Who ever lives and pleads for me My name is graven on His hands My name is written on His heart I know that while in Heaven He stands No tongue can bid me … More Before the Throne of God Above
One was old. One was young. Both were faithful. One waited so long she felt sure her moment had passed. One was met with a surprising turn of events and didn’t feel ready. Both were called to birth the miraculous. And both fulfilled their call. Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. Mary, the mother … More In His Timing (a tale of two women)
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