Lord, You are teaching me some very difficult lessons lately. You know that I am a firstborn who loves to follow the rules. I feel safe and secure inside a given boundary. You have been working on my heart which can stay aloof when I equate following the rules with obedience. Instead, you are wanting me to come to You with my brokenness and the realization that it is impossible to follow the … [Read more...] about Throwing Out the Check List
I AM
When Moses asked God whom he should say had sent him to deliver the Israelites from their bondage, God replied, "Tell them I AM has sent you." So much of life is spent looking back at what once was. I long for days when there was no financial threat, when neighborhoods were one big park where kids could play until dark without adult supervision, and I didn't have to eat so little and … [Read more...] about I AM
How Do I Amaze Him?
AMAZE: 1) to wonder, wonder at, marvel 2) to be wondered at, to be had in admiration to wonder; by implication, to admire:-admire, have in admiration, marvel, wonder. What was Jesus amazed by? How does one move the heart of the King of angels? There are only two instances in which the gospels tell me that Jesus was amazed by someone's actions. And no, His amazement did not come over the … [Read more...] about How Do I Amaze Him?
The Hard Side of Love
"Honey, do you know why momma is going to have to discipline you?" I asked my three-year-old daughter. With a quivering lower lip and big eyes filled with tears she replied, "Yes, Momma, because you wuv me." The look in her eyes gave away the fact that she was parroting what she had heard me say to her in explanation in our previous hand-to-bottom sessions. She was trying to reconcile my … [Read more...] about The Hard Side of Love
What Was Never Intended
What God Never Intended:ApathyBroken heartsCemeteriesDivorceEnemiesFalse prophetsGod-hatersHellInjusticeJailKnowledge of evilLying tonguesMurderNarcissismOstracismPanic attacksQuenching the SpiritRegretsSelf-sufficiencyTragedyUnbeliefViciousnessWickednessThese are all a result of our rebellion against our Creator. But we have hope! Those of us who have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior can look … [Read more...] about What Was Never Intended
From FEAR to FAITH
"Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge." Psalm 62:8 (NIV)I live in a neighborhood full of hills. I do not even need to go to the gym to get an aerobic workout if my feet move fast enough beneath me. There is something about being out in nature that sets my spirit soaring and my mind talking to my Creator. I have about seven passages of Scripture … [Read more...] about From FEAR to FAITH
