I spend a lot of time looking at the heavens – waiting for the first planets and stars to come out at night – wondering what God’s purpose and plan was for all that’s in the heavens and then for me as well – fully realizing that He did this by design, and He knows…
This week’s poem was inspired by a prompt from my friend Bob Nordeman. He asked if I’d ever written about “legacy”…which I had not…and he mentioned how his daughter Nichole’s song by that name was one of his favorites. And then in a divine “aha moment”, shortly thereafter, I heard Nichole’s song on KLOVE (you…
It’s so easy to be overcome with worry and fear as we look forward into the uncertainty of life. And even though we know that our God is faithful and He is certain, when we lose focus on Him and let our minds wander, it’s then we can be traumatized by what might be next….
The peace we long for can seem way beyond our reach as we struggle alone with the apprehension or frustration or irritation of things happening in our lives today. Thankfully, God’s Word assures us that when we seek Him, we find Him, and when we release our burdens to Him, we receive His peace: “Peace”…
We’ve all felt the urge to fit in, to be comfortable, to be stable, to be affirmed, to have a sense of belonging in this world. It’s natural to want to be cozy here and to settle in. But we’re just passing through! Scripture reminds us that this is all temporary: “This Is Not My…
My wife worked on a 3,000 piece puzzle…it got increasingly beautiful as various images within the puzzle came together…and it was spectacular when all the pieces were finally put in place. Which got me thinking about our lives, the puzzles we really are, and our Creator and Puzzleer who knows how each piece fits together…
There are many moments I forget how close God truly is. But the more I seek, the more I find His presence everywhere and His fingerprints on everything – in creation for sure; in that unexpected moment where someone calls at that perfect time with the perfect comment; in that reminder of what God has…
I think each of us find ourselves thinking forward to what is yet to come and pondering what that might entail. Then, the longer we focus on the future and what’s coming next, we open ourselves up for the anxiety that naturally comes. When I find myself doing that, I’m quickly drawn back to focusing…
