Tears
"You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?" Psalm 56:8 ESV I confess. I am a weeper. Tears fall easily – happy tears, sad tears, emotionally responsive tears. Tears are the…
Belonging
"So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God...Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone...." Ephesians 2:19 We want desperately to belong—to be accepted, to fit in, to…
The Tree & The Ivy
"Who is a God like You, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? You...delight to show mercy. You will again have compassion on us; You will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into…
Screaming Cows & Burning Fields
“But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, "You are my God." Psalms 31:14 ESV Standing on tiptoe, I balanced on the kitchen sink's narrow back edge, clutching the window ledge, and peered into the dark evening. I couldn't see a…
Time Keeps On Slippin’
"Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. James 4:14 ESV To borrow a line from Fly Like An Eagle, by the Steve…
Practice Makes Perfect
"Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress." 1 Timothy 4:15 ESV "I don't hear anything," Momma's voice called out from the kitchen. I sighed loudly. Positioning my hands once again on the keys of the…
Surrounded
“...steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD.” Psalm 32:10 ESV I’ve always loved this scene in the movies. The bad guy seems to have the upper hand. He stands sneering with his finger on the trigger of the weapon…
Drifting
“Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.” Hebrews 2:1 ESV Our family loved the times we picnicked on the shore of Lake Waxahachie (TX) and later drifted in inflated inner tubes…
Ask For A Mountain
"Now therefore, give me this mountain.... It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall be able to drive them out as the LORD said." Joshua 14:12 We returned late yesterday from our almost two-week vacation in Oregon. I spent time…
Changing Winds
"Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His…
Treadmill Christians
Holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. Philippians 2:16 ESV We begin slowly, taking one step at a time. Then,…
Tick Tock
To the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. Jude 1:25 ESV I remember sitting in grade school, junior high (middle school wasn't a thing then),…
Potent Prayer
The rocker creaked gently as my grandma moved back and forth. Her early morning chores were completed. Each family member had eaten the breakfast she had prepared according to their preferences and time schedules. Everyone had headed off to work or school;…
Choices
"Choose this day whom you will serve...." Joshua 24:15 ESV Choices, choices, choices. Numerous studies and online resources cite 35,000 as the average number of choices we make daily. Experts estimate we make over 200 food-related choices daily—do I eat it or…
Overwhelmed
The LORD is good to all, and His mercy is over all that He has made. Psalm 145:9 ESV When you say "overwhelmed" or hear someone else use the word, what associations immediately come to mind? Perhaps you picture yourself buried under…