The holidays have long since passed. Thanksgiving and Christmas skipped into the New Year without a glitch. And here I am, still pursuing Advent. While I read and thoroughly enjoyed Susie Larson’s Advent devotional Prepare Him Room and just yesterday returned Ann Voskamp’s The Greatest Gift to the local library, emails of Christ’s coming still sit unopened in my … [Read more…]
I was recently asked the question: “How do you want to finish this year?” Two words immediately came to mind: Peaceful and Expectant. I want to come to grips with who I was in 2021, both my highlights and my less-than-stellar moments. Some things I mastered with finesse; others I barely mustered through.Too often, I … [Read more…]
This time I’m writing out the plan in them, carving it on the lining of their hearts. I’ll be their God, they’ll be My people . . . They’ll get to know Me by being kindly forgiven, with the slate of their sins forever wiped clean. Such are the words from The Message’s version of … [Read more…]