I’m a little bit stubborn…ok…maybe very stubborn. I can be very confident in what I believe, committed to my position even when I’m wrong. And my stubborn confidence can be comical at times when it’s something not important, but it can lead to challenging situations when my commitment to my own “rightness” ignores the Lord…
One of the things we can be certain about in life is that seasons will change…and that can be exciting or challenging, sometimes both. Thinking of our changing seasons inspired this: “Seasons Change” When temps cool down and fall sets in,The winds rise up, the leaves descend,The fog arrives, it seems so strange,But it’s just…
In this season of my life, I’ve been stepping forth in faith without much clarity as to where the path is taking me. So I’m trusting while stepping, fully believing the Lord will make my paths straight in accordance with His plans for me: “Trust” I’m looking ahead, unsure of the path,But trusting in God…
I stepped back just recently from the things I’ve spent a lifetime trying to be good at, because I felt the Lord asking me to focus on Him this time. The enemy immediately attacked with, “Why in the world would you think you are qualified to do that”, which hit right at the heart of…
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…
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….
We’ve all heard Proverbs 16:18 – “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall” – often times shortened to “pride comes before the fall”. In our world with so much arrogance, ego, and pride, we need to be reminded that humility allows the learning to occur and the wisdom to come. That’s what…
With all the divisive rhetoric in the world today, it’s comforting to pause and reflect on those things that define a different and divinely purposeful way, which promises peace both here in this life and forevermore. Matthew 7:13-14 shares the contrast in choices and offers the invitation to step through that narrow gate: “The Narrow…
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…
We each feel a rhythm to life – the repetition of days, the routines we settle into, the cycles that just keep occurring. Sometimes these cycles are exciting, sometimes they are exhausting, and sometimes they are just simply numbing. But God’s word reminds us that that our Lord is present in every cycle, and each…
