"Where can we go? Our brothers have made us lose heart. They say, 'The people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.' "Deuteronomy 1:28 (New International Version)My in-laws had an amazing 14 foot ceiling in their living room in the home they recently moved from. There is something about height that makes everything … [Read more...] about Taking Down the Giant
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A Perfect Offering
Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth! Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy. Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.Psalm 100:1-3 (NLT)It is amazing the avenues that God chooses to speak to my heart. He will catch me completely off-guard. I have been deliberate enough to avoid … [Read more...] about A Perfect Offering
The Blessing of Unanswered Prayers
"You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure."James 4:2-3 (NLT)I heard a story this … [Read more...] about The Blessing of Unanswered Prayers
For My Sake
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (NIV)I was ten years old. … [Read more...] about For My Sake
What You Must Know When You Feel Like a Failure
What a loser! I mumbled under my breath. I had a sudden impulse to check my online dictionary for the meaning of failure. I had to laugh out loud to keep from crying when I read the definition staring back at me: Failure: lack of success, the omission of expected or required action, the action or state of not functioning. Synonyms: loser, underachiever, ne'er-do-well, disappointment. Oxford … [Read more...] about What You Must Know When You Feel Like a Failure
In Memory of Lukey
I wrote this the day we buried Luke in Nashville last August. Today would have been my precious nephew's first birthday. "He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." Revelation 21:4 Dearest Luke,We will sit under a tent today and say our final good-bye to you. Your daddy and mommy have decided … [Read more...] about In Memory of Lukey
