Sometimes It’s No
“Let me hear in the morning of Your steadfast love, for in You I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to You I lift up my soul.” Psalm 143:8 ESV Children are persistent whenever they want something or…
Great Expectations
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Psalm 143:8 ESV We are born dreamers. We are always expecting…
Conversations
How frustrating to be party to a one-sided conversation. A conversation that, no matter what you started to say, was hijacked by the other person. You walk away or disconnect from such a conversation, realizing you never had the opportunity to…
Distractions
"Now set your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God." 1 Chronicles 22:19 ESV Our lives are filled with engaging, targeted, and almost irresistible distractions. We live at the mercy of our technology devices, which know us in frighteningly intimate…
Finding Home
The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. Proverbs 18:10 NIV We moved to Garland, Texas, in the middle of my third-grade year. I lived in that same house on Sweetbriar until I…
Cloudy Days
"Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are very great! –He makes the clouds his chariot; He rides on the wings of the wind; He makes His messengers wind, His ministers a flaming fire." Psalm 104:1, 3-4 ESV…
Words
“Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.” Proverbs 16:24 ESV First words. Sweet evidence that a baby is growing and developing. After several months of cute, unintelligible jabbering, it is beyond exciting when parents…
God of Details
"What is man, that You are mindful of him, or the son of man, that You care for him?" Hebrews 2:6 ESV Over the past months, I have been repeatedly dazzled by the details of God's handiwork in creation. Whether driving along…
The Author
"This God—His way is perfect; the Word of the LORD proves true; He is a shield for all those who take refuge in Him. Psalm 18:30 ESV Some of my earliest and fondest memories include the many times Momma read to me.…
Purposed & Prepared
"I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it." Isaiah 46:11 In Chapter Thirteen of Numbers, God directed Moses to send twelve tribal leaders to "spy out" the land of Canaan—the land God…
Glass Flowers
"But You, O LORD, know me; You see me, and test my heart toward You." Jeremiah 12:3a Often called "Glass flowers, the Skeleton flower is a marvel of God's glorious creation. Scientifically known as the Diphylleia grayi, the Glass flower is a…
Fingerprints #2*
“And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” Colossians 3:17 ESV Fingerprints are peculiar things—peculiar and unique. Until recently, the consensus has been that each…
April Fool
"Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm." Proverbs 13:20 April Fool's Day. How wonderful it would be if only one day of the year were reserved for fools. As it is, the world's fools…
When I Get Big
"Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name give glory, for the sake of Your steadfast love and Your faithfulness! Psalm 115:1 ESV My mom was on the other end of the line; I sat in a telephone…
The Weaponized Tongue
"There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment." Proverbs 12:18-19 ESV The state of our national discourse is abysmal.…