“Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength.” – Isaiah 30:15 Return Return to rest And in rest Only in rest Will you be saved Healed And delivered In the quiet In quiet confidence In quiet confident trust You will find strength New … More Spontaneous Devotions: “Quiet Confident Trust”
“If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the world. You will experience all these blessings if you obey the Lord your God: Your towns and your fields will be … More Blessed
Image is powerful. Ask any advertising executive. A carefully cultivated image can make or break a product. Image can make or break an organization. Image can even make or break an individual. But there is one image we should be concerned with above all others… The fact that we are made in the image of … More Image
The One who holds our hearts The One who formed our hearts He is the One who knows us Really knows us He is the One who knit us together in our Mother’s womb So when the pieces of our lives And the pieces of our hearts Begin to unravel And break apart -From the … More Spontaneous Devotions: “No Sorrow Added”
I like to keep the peace. Because of that, I do my best to stay away from contentious areas of debate. There are plenty of people called to actively engage in areas of both political and theological conflict, but I’m not one of them. My call is to stay focused on the beauty of Jesus–confident that when … More Still Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem
Time What an extravagant and lavish gift Time to simply be Without an agenda Without any obligation to make “good” use of the time and space I find myself in Without anything to prove Without a need to accomplish anything Or discover anything – Other than what always is And that is simply You – … More Consecrated Time
“The season has changed, the bondage of your barren winter has ended and the season of hiding is over and gone. The rains have soaked the earth and left it bright with blossoming flowers. The season for pruning the vines has arrived. I hear the cooing of doves in our land, filling the air with … More Now is the Time…
“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not grow faint.” – Isaiah 40:31 The Lord highlighted this verse to me at the beginning of the year–particularly the word “soar.” Although it is a … More Soaring
Another Christmas has come and gone. The busyness has passed. The gifts have been opened and the food has been eaten. Family has been gathered. Friends have been embraced. Memories have been made. Now, for a moment, it’s quiet. For a moment, there is time to reflect. There is time to breathe. There is time to … More He Stayed
May your heart be filled with wonder May your spirit soar with joy May your mind be renewed by all that is perfect and pure May your imagination explode with possibility May your life be filled with amazing grace, astounding love, and abounding hope … All because He came Immanuel – God with us – … More And He Shall be Called …
My life is messy. Big shock, I know. I’m sure your life is all neat and tidy and functioning in perfect order (wink, wink), but mine isn’t. Not even close. In fact, sometimes I feel like I just don’t “do life” particularly well. It’s a recurring problem. I guess we’ve all got our stuff. We’ve all … More When a Messy Life Meets a Messy Manger
You are My first choice You are My best thought You’ve never been second in My heart You’ve never been an afterthought I chose you to be Mine before you ever knew My name I chose you just as you are I will never give or withhold My love based on your “performance” I am … More Spontaneous Devotions: “First Choice”
Slow down Take a moment Take one brilliant, blissful moment To breathe Quiet the turmoil Of raging emotions Release the strain and stress Churning within your soul Look up Look deeply Look beyond the temporal Look beyond your circumstances And search the eyes Of the One Whose eyes are always on you Behold His beauty … More One Brilliant, Blissful Moment
In Your eyes I see the love that died for me A burning passion that never has and never will fade Piercing my soul and bringing light to the darkest corners of my heart Love that burns through me Mercy that holds me Joy that fills me Lost forever in unending pools of life In … More In Your Eyes
Awakened to wonder- And the joy of discovering… His goodness His grace And His glorious ways His Presence His power And His purifying gaze His love His life And the light of His face Awakened to wonder- And the joy of discovering… The unfathomable depths The unsearchable riches The bountiful blessing Of our lives Hidden in … More Spontaneous Devotions: “The Joy of Discovery”
A call to Creatives and Contemplatives in this hour: Misunderstood misfits Melancholy feelers Merciful, tender, abstract souls The ones who feel deeply And love fiercely They long for peace and connection Yet their very presence troubles those Who live in a land of practical plans And linear lines They think with their hearts And not their … More The Arising (Orginally published as “The Misunderstood Mystics”)
Maybe it’s because I’m a middle child. I seem to live a lot of my life in the middle. I live a lot in transition…in process… In between In between actual changes in circumstances and assignments…in between hope and current realities… in between dreams and disappointments…in between contentment and contending…in between opposing truths…in between various … More Spontaneous Devotions: “The Messy Middle”
Who do you say that I am? I’ve tasted many facets of his character I’ve glimpsed many pieces of his heart In his word and through the lives of his people- I’ve seen many true and wonderful repesentations of his Being I know he is the Christ, the Son of the living God I know … More Spontaneous Devotions: “Emmanuel”
“Surrender your anxiety. Be silent and stop your striving and you will see that I am God.” – Psalm 46:10 tPt Abba~ Sometimes I try so hard Sometimes I try so hard to do what I think I should do To be what I think I should be To respond how I think I should … More Spontaneous Devotions: “The Choice”
In the beginning, God. In the beginning, God spoke. And when God first spoke, He said: “Let there be light.”* And there was light. And the light was good. But the world didn’t comprehend the light. The darkness tried to extinguish the light. But God didn’t give up. The God who always is… Never gives … More Spontaneous Devotions: “Let There Be Light”
Cindy Powell 