I will stand my watch and set myself on the rampart and watch to see what He will say to me and what I will answer when I am corrected. Then the Lord answered me and said, “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.” – Habakkuk … [Read more…]
Thanks to Jesus, I am both saved and being saved. A once-and-done rescue that is constantly delivering me time and again. I am both emptied and filled. Both freed and kept. My God is a Father of completeness and balance. A Savior filled with truth and grace, offering me the most extravagant freedom I could … [Read more…]
I wish I could confidently say that I always know how to face a situation head-on, that I never struggle to find the right words to speak into the heart of a fellow sojourner. I wish I knew how to pray effectively. Without pause, without questioning what should be, could be, might be the will of God … [Read more…]
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. – Jesus: 911(Five-year-old Bria, attempting to quote Genesis 1:1) While the thought of my granddaughter’s misquotation made me chuckle, I also couldn’t help but think, “Girl, that’ll preach!” Indeed, if little Bria can get that truth nestled deep in her heart, it will hold her … [Read more…]
If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me . . . Jesus knew the cost of self-denial. He knew what it meant to embrace suffering and torture, to endure torment and ridicule. All undeserved. And still, He walked the Via Dolorosa to Calvary’s peak and … [Read more…]
God didn’t create the world only to walk away from it. He stepped into it, strolling its beauty with the man and woman He placed there. He didn’t desert Abraham to a grievous sacrifice at Mt. Moriah; He stepped into that act of obedience, sending a ram in a thicket to fulfill a promise given. … [Read more…]
I love to explore the outdoors with my grandkids, especially when our adventures lead us into the woods. My oldest grandson loves to run and is always racing ahead, scampering up hills and sliding down ravines faster than the rest. His goal is to lead the way and arrive at the designated destination first. Not … [Read more…]
I was met with a delighted squeal and immediately wrapped in the warmest of hugs as soon as the front door opened. Utter happiness exuded from my hostess as she ushered me into her home and proceeded to exclaim how good it was to see me, how thankful she was that I had stopped by … [Read more…]
One of my favorite high school activities was running track. I relished the nervous thrill of standing on the starting line and the exhilaration of crossing the finish line. But mostly, I loved pushing my body to higher limits while my cleats dug into the cinders (or an actual all-weather surface on those more fortunate … [Read more…]
Drip down, O heavens, from above,and let the skies pour down righteousness.Let the earth open up that salvation may sproutand righteousness spring up with it;I, the LORD, have created it. – Isaiah 45:8 When I read this scripture, I cannot help but think of the heavens splitting wide, opening the way for Jesus to come in … [Read more…]