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,…