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…
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…
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…
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”…
As we celebrate 250 years of independence tomorrow, I’ve been thinking about liberty and freedom – not just what they mean for us as a nation, but even more importantly, what they mean in faith. The more I reflect, the more I realize that both kinds of liberty share the same struggle: they require humility,…
I have a battle going on inside me – that battle between my feelings of inadequacy (not wise enough, not strong enough, not good enough) and the Lord’s promises of being with me and for me (it’s His wisdom, His strength, and His view of my worthiness). Some days that battle is much more intense…
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…
