believe, Bible, Father, fear, God, hope, Jesus, pain, significance, spiritual growth, trust
When the world starts to turn upside down and my stomach turns with it, it can feel like the whole globe has run clean off its orbital path, veering into the vastness of dark space waiting to swallow it whole. When order and routine and the expected and all that is...
God, provision, Spiritual legacy, trials, trust
About a month ago I started having a symptom that commonsense told me I should have checked by a doctor. It wasn’t bothersome, but knowing it might be a bad sign, I called the doctor. And she told me to come in. Of course, she was pretty nonchalant. She gave me...
Ann Voskamp, giving, God, joy, One Thousand Gifts, spiritual growth, trust
So I am starting something new. (Well, new to me. I actually stole the premise for it right out of Ann Voskamp’s book.) Ann talks about living with your hand open, a metaphor for being willing to receive whatever the Lord gives – good or bad – with...
Jesus, Mark, Matthew, prayer, Psalms
“What do you want me to do for you?” (Matthew 20:32). Jesus had asked this question of two blind people. And you can guess how they replied. “Lord, we want our sight,” (Matthew 20:33). And you know what Jesus did? “Jesus had compassion on...
believe, Bible, fear, God, Jesus, Matthew, obedience, Peter
We all know the story of Jesus and Peter walking on water, but some things about it struck me differently today. First, Jesus made the disciples get into that boat and sail on ahead of Him INTO A STORM while he wrapped up a long day of teaching with some solitary...
