The Beauty Within
No matter how shaky the ground underneath your feet feels, when you’re in a relationship with God, your foundation is firm. It’s solid because it’s not your foundation. It’s God’s. What we try to...
View ArticleLife with Attitude
What makes you rejoice? What brings you great delight? Does what prompts you to rejoice bring great delight to God? Joy is a firm confidence that all is well regardless of the circumstances....
View ArticleGo Big. Go Home.
Jesus did. He did life big. And He went home. We could get caught up in the definition of “big.” What does that entail? How daring do I have to be? How much of my own way do I have to give up? How...
View ArticleFields of Obedience
What I noticed as a change in the fields throughout Israel was a sign of obedience. But in the seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest, a sabbath to the LORD. Do not sow your fields or...
View ArticleWhen God Won’t Let You Quit
I’ve thought about stopping, or at least cutting way back, on this blog many times in the last several months. Writing something daily is challenging to say the least. I rarely get to interact with...
View ArticleQuit Reminding Me
“Be careful. Don’t hit your head.” My dad repeated the warning at least a half dozen times. He was still recovering for surgery, so he directed, while I got some things ready for winter. One of the...
View ArticlePraying Beyond My Ability
I’m not an artist, so I relate to the comparison between what I see in my head and what ends up on paper. We can all relate in one area or another: writing, running, makeup or hair, decorating, or...
View ArticleAre You Missing Your Next Step?
The Lord said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have...
View ArticleGod Alone
Then Hezekiah prayed before the Lord: Lord God of Israel who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are God—You alone—of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. Listen closely,...
View ArticleInstruction to Live
Keep my commands and live. (Proverbs 7:2a) People often think that God takes all the fun out of life. That with all His commandments and expectations, life is somehow less than it can be. Not true. Not...
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