John 4:46-53 Although a man of authority, wealth, and position, the nobleman of John 4 found himself one day in a place that he could not change by force, threat,…
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As much as we all resist and dread it; it is an inevitable part of life this side of Glory. We all tend toward the routine, comfortable, and predictable, yet…
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So much comfort is found in Psalm 23. This psalm of David that dynamically illuminates one of God’s multifaceted qualities – He is Jehovah Raah—our Shepherd. The longer I journey…
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It was a dark world into which the Sun of Righteousness stepped. After four hundred years of no further revelation from Jehovah; no prophet to guide and direct, God’s people…
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Young and innocent Mary was greeted by a heavenly messenger with these words. Yet, “highly favored” took the form of rejection, desolation, instability, grief, and anguish. Joseph, at the age…
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I have recently finished a Bible study of the book of Habakuk. While the book is quite poetic, walking through it intentionally, I found the book rich with relevance today….
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In the roll of a grief wave my tear-blurred eyes were searching Scripture for that “thread” of hope to cling to while riding the wave…when I landed here: Psalm 145:9…
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We have a perception in our Christian culture that leads us to believe that facing, embracing, and walking through trials will bring us a platform on which Christ will be…
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Chocolate Chip cookies were my husband’s favorite cookies. Early in my marriage I longed to make a “perfect” cookie for him. He had an ideal cookie, and my family recipe…
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Fear, Anger, Discontentment, Envy, Strife, Unforgiveness, & Disillusionment I John 4:1-4 “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are…
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Jesus sat in the privacy and intimacy of the Upper Room the very night He was to be arrested. He knelt and washed the feet of the ones who, within…
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Intimacy and abundant life isn’t found in a change of circumstances; it is found in a change of YOU in your circumstances.

When I hear of someone ringing the bell when their cancer treatment course is finished, I feel a deep-rooted hollowness —we never rang the bell…round after vicious round of cancer,…
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I was sweating as I worked to spread a layer of mulch that my younger boys and I had hauled from a huge pile dumped for us by a tree…
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Philippians 4:11-13“Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and…
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Psalm 139:1-6, 9-10, & 17-18O LORD, thou hast searched me and known me.2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.3 Thou compassest my path…
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When I am in seasons of great heaviness, persecution, or distress it is so easy to focus and major in on the pain, its source, and its relentless grip on…
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“Let God use your pain as your pulpit.” Is a statement I have heard verbalized often. It causes me to regularly ponder. More than anything, I long to use the…
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We have a sweet dog. Having never owned a dog in my life, I have had to learn how to train a dog. I had no idea one needed to…
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Let me be transparent, I am afraid to begin this blog. Last year, this very week, a man of position and respect in our church told me in response to…
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