The haunting specter of condemnation hounded my thoughts this week. Insidious and persistent in its attacks, it focused its force on memories of the past. I experienced seeing the faces of friends long gone, because I walked out and walked away, without so much as a backward glance. I heard snippets of hard and terrible…
This song is marvelous. He is worthy.
The text I’m writing about is Exodus 16:1-17:7 in the New Living Translation. The boys and I talked about this particular reading, and we all had some questions and observations. I am sure I could spend some time in commentaries to find “the answers” and yet I sometimes like to sit with the questions and…
Normally, when confronted with a week that has held the sorrows this one has, I want to curl up in a ball and lament the tragedy I encounter. This week was different, as I have been prompted in my spirit to simply trust and give thanks. These thanksgivings have been different in the offering. I…
Interesting fact: March 21 will be a year since I’ve been writing for myself in a public space. This writing has been an exercise of trust and obedience with my Father. I don’t have a great planning system, or a long stretch of finished posts ready to go. I have felt like I am scratching…
This is for you, my friend. I can see your shoulders slumped from all the disappointments and unexpected hardships. Every road seems blocked and the detour is under construction. You feel alone and hurt, and anger is at the surface in every conversation. I see you turning to the pitiful comforts of this temporary world,…
I’ve heard His whisper in my spirit, and I’ve answered as often and completely as I can. He made us each so uniquely and beautifully and He wants you to come to Him, to know Him, and to love Him. It is in the rejection of others that I found my full acceptance in Him….
I had another conversation this week with The Adapter about how intensely our feelings can wash over us. Me and her. Like two peas in a pod, really. In The Rest of the Gospel by Dan Stone and Greg Smith/David Gregory, he talks about the soul being like a swing. It can sometimes swing wildly,…
There is an inching away from Truth. I see the embodiment of kindness being replaced by a veneer of niceness. Our culture is admittedly heating up. People seem to be sitting on the edge of their seats to jump up angry and accusatory. I can’t get away from the culture, but I can be careful…