It’s been three years since my Dad passed away. It’s still hard. But seen from the right perspective, death is little more than a narrow passageway to life. I have things in my life that appear dead, that feel dead. Or perhaps, they are just waiting on a resurrection.
Have you ever felt stuck? - just absolutely wedged between the impossibilities of life? Look out! Something beautiful happens when everything feels impossible!
Calling. It’s a beautiful thing! It puts motivation in our steps and fire in our bones. But if we aren’t careful, we can get consumed with our calling. How do we keep things in the right perspective? How can we be sure to step out with backing from God?
Feeling out of sorts? The Lord knows better than you do what the core issue is and what will cure it. We may run to good things to try to find relief, but unless it is the RIGHT thing, we may be taking the wrong "medicine."
As believers in Jesus Christ, we are called to new life. What a blessed privilege! And although the pathway to this new life is counter intuitive, it makes sense to us spiritually. Are we able to get past the hurdles that keep us stagnant in our old life and receive the offer of new life that Christ died to purchased?
Is God our Cosmic Buddy or a Distant Tyrant? Or is He something else entirely? As humans we tend to gravitate toward one end of the spectrum or the other. But there is danger in the extremes and safety in the truth. What are those dangers and how can we reject our extremes and find the truth?
I had a revelation a few Sundays ago as I worshipped standing next to the Hubs. Something has changed over the years, most unexpectedly. There is beauty to be heard in harmony that there isn’t in sameness. But most of us can’t find the harmony because we lack the essential element necessary.
All fires die out if they aren't stoked. And refreshingly icy water gradually settles into tepid tastelessness. Is there a remedy for us when this happens in our walk with the Lord?
Life becomes drudgery when we don't invest in our well being by having fun! But is this Biblical? Are we supposed to have fun? Read my latest blog entry and give me your feedback on your views of fun and how you have it. Most importantly, remind yourself today to HaVe FuN!
Ever want to get away? To escape the clamor of, not only the world, but your own roiling thoughts? I need a place where quiet overtakes my heart, where peace is permitted to invade and where I can be still enough to hear that Still Small Voice that is so willing to speak, but so easily drowned out...
Sometimes I feel so weighted down by all the things I'm told I should or could be doing. How do we decide what to cut and what to keep when it's all just too much?
Negativity can steal your strength and sap your joy. And it can become an immovable mountain when we decide to agree with the enemy and join him in his accusations. But so many of us do just that without realizing what we're doing!
How we view the people around us effects every interaction we have. And when we take our cues from how the world tells us to view people, we can find ourselves believing only what we're presented with on the surface.
Resurrection. We are so familiar with the resurrection of our Lord, but it is also a beautiful picture for us as believers. What secrets does it whisper to our hearts?
