Clearer Vision

"My ears had heard of you, but now my eyes have seen you." Job 42:5 NIV We all experience bad days. Days when nothing goes right. It begins badly and progressively worsens as the day continues. Sometimes, those days stretch into weeks,…

Hur Who???

"For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into His kingdom and glory." 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 NIV Are…

Don’t Waste It!

"Working together with Him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain." 2 Corinthians 6:1 ESV "Disgusting! This looks nasty!" I sat staring at the brown leather-looking meat, partly hidden by brown gravy. I didn't dare…

Awesome!

"The LORD reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! He is exalted over all the peoples. Let them praise Your great and awesome name! Holy is He!" Psalm 99:1-3 ESV Awesome! Hey, you did…

Shaken and Stirred

“I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder " 2 Peter 1:13 ESV Do you remember being awakened by your mom or dad when you were a child? The bed…

So Beautiful

"Let us rejoice and exult and give Him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His Bride has made herself ready." Revelation 19:7 ESV We were tired and ready to check in as we drove into the hotel's…

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…

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…

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…

Love Letter #3

A lawyer stood up in the crowd to ask Jesus a question. His motives weren't pure; he wanted to make himself look good in the eyes of the people while putting Jesus on the spot. "So, Jesus, what exactly must I do…

Don’t Panic!

"Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me. ...Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let…