A friend long ago said to me: LET IT REST. And isn’t that what we want to do with a problem or a troubling circumstance? Sometimes our issues overwhelm us and we go over and over and ruminate a problem…….but scripture tells us to give it a rest. It’s ok if we say to ourselves, … More LET IT REST!
Everything in our lives is shaped by what our hearts are in thrall about. Did you know? Paul David Tripp says this: “we live one of two lives: either one’s heart lives in a fundamental, life-shaping awe of the horizontal, physical, created world (things that are on earth) or one’s heart lives in a foundational, … More THE AWE CAPACITY OF ONE’S HEART
SOMETIMES LIFE changes in a moment and then there are days where it feels like the same old, same old. Routines do that to us. Being stuck in a rut can be so…….blah. When life hits this way, we cry out to the LORD saying: “what are YOU doing, where are YOU, should I be … More USED IN UNCHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES
We all seem to carry some regrets. We even look back and think “those were the good old days”. Why didn’t we see when we were living them in the first place? Were we ungrateful and just living in the fast lane? We look back and think today how we could have carried on better, … More CARRY ON WELL
Life is made up of moments, hours, days and years. Life is made up of good and bad and everything in-between. There is joy and there is tragedy. There is strength and there is weakness. There is life and there is death. And in all of these moments, we may feel strong or incredibly weak. … More MERCY IN THE WEAK MOMENTS
When we obey the Holy Spirit there is a yielding of our own spirit involved. It is a submitting of spirit and temperament. Sometimes this feels very hard to do, especially when we want our own way. We are a selfish people most of the time and we have made ourselves our top priority. But … More YIELDED AND TRUSTED
Let humility be your guide today. It is a good thing to be humble because of this: WE ARE NEVER MORE HUMBLED THAN WHEN WE KNEEL AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS. When we see JESUS there and what HE did for us, our sin becomes very apparent and the Cross of JESUS puts everything … More HUMBLE KNEES
There are one life-giving words chosen for you each day…..did you know? GOD has a word or words just waiting for us to see and embrace for the day to come. GOD highlights the word for you, you need only to be still and listen. Because I read and write so often, I am always … More ONE LIFE-GIVING WORD
Recently I read in Max Lucado’s devotional: “Grace for the Moment” that we can be safe in believing that Heaven is our estate and the earth is it’s porch. I love that analogy and never thought of the big picture that way. Heaven is our final destination and in the meantime, we are gathered together … More OUR PORCH VS. OUR ESTATE
There is a limit for us as humans as to what we can see. When driving a car there is a limit as to how far down the road one can see. And depending upon where you are, the road might look endless. I experienced this as we drove through New Mexico and Utah one … More THE LIMIT TO WHAT YOU CAN SEE
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