The Sermon on the Mount is rich with teachings that make us pause and look within. Matthew 5:23-24 was one of the many that did that for me. I thought about the many times when my anger or disappointment or pride led me to pull away from someone, with reconciliation the last thing I wanted…
When I spend time thinking back to those most challenging moments in my life – personally, professionally, and spiritually – I remember the pain, the challenge, the temptation. I remember vividly those moments when hope was all that was left. And now, with hindsight, I realize I had so much more than I imagined or…
I’ve been thinking back to those times in my life when hope and prayer were all that was left…when my situation made positive outcomes seem impossible. In each of those times, I remember that moment when something unexpected and sometimes unexplainable happened, allowing that positive outcome to actually then occur. The impossible became possible with…
I’ve been thinking about the active nature of faith, and how faith is emboldened through a desire to know God more and yield to His will. That got me thinking about our needs, and His clear direction to ask, seek, and find, but to do that with a yielding and yearning heart, fully trusting in…
The inspiration this week started with a prompt from a friend who shared with me how last week’s poem was a “holy echo” with what he was experiencing in his life at that time. The term “holy echo” made me smile…and got me pondering a new poem! So I started prayerfully writing. And this is…
There are times when I wonder if God is listening…does He really hear me? But when I remember those piercing moments of peace, or those timely moments of clarity, or those unexpected and unexplained moments of calm, it’s then I’m convinced He’s with me and He hears me. I tried to capture those thoughts in…
I find moments where creation seems to be crying out and pointing me to the God of Wonders who created heaven and earth and all things on the earth. And this particular photo matched with this verse got me thinking about His wonders and how His presence has been affirmed through history: “God of Wonders”…
Last week I focused on legacy…shining God’s light and sharing His love…and this week I’m focused on God’s promise to generously provide all that we need to live out the legacy He desires for each of us. When I think of that promise, I’m deeply grateful…for His provision, His protection, His promises, His presence, His…
One of the many things that I’m in awe about is how an omniscient and omnipresent Creator and God can care about me, wanting me to stay in contact and constant communication with Him. And He cared enough to both give us instruction and give us a Helper! He wants us to stay connected to…
