Just how Big is your God? Taking a moment to hear how the prophet Isaiah described God will bring hope and peace to you. He is absolutely powerful and He absolutely cares about you.
Enjoy this reading from Isaiah 40 in The Message.
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We have vast beauty and pleasure waiting for us within the boundary lines of holiness.
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Have you ever felt like God whispered a promise into your heart? Whether it is a very personal promise or a prophetic word over a whole community or nation, there are things I hope for and pray for. There are things I believe God promised to do. Sometimes the gap between God’s given promise and […]
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When I sat down this morning to work on my blog, my mind was a perfect storm of anxiety and anger. Mental hurricanes can sneak up on me causing me to be high strung and live with an undercurrent of anger which comes dangerously close to the surface. I, for sure, could not think straight […]
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The choice to trust God from right in the middle of our grief, our doubts and our disappointments rises to heaven as a fragrant offering, a special occasion, because the moment is fleeting. We can only offer Him this weak, pain-filled and vulnerable gift when we are in the dark and the darkness will not last.
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Many followers of Jesus avoid the Old Testament as if they might catch one of the plagues Moses called down during the Exodus if they read it. Instead, they head for the easiest content by centering their study of Jesus almost entirely on what they can read about Him in the gospels. The gospels are a beautiful portrayal of Jesus when he walked the dusty roads of ancient Israel, but given that He existed since before time began (John 17:5) they leave us with a partial picture of His character.
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For a stay-at-home, “What do you do?” is always a difficult question to answer. Keeping my expression confident and joyful, I’d say, “Oh, I’m home with the kids.” Which was nearly always followed by awkward silence.
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I read the email a second time, just to make sure I understood. There it was, plain as day: We could not recover the files. My heart sank into my stomach. Last October I had about one third of my book completed and then my computer crashed. We replaced the faulty drive and tried to […]
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Several years ago my husband and I made a choice to open our homes and our hearts to a foster child. While our kids had a chance to share their opinions, they really didn’t have a choice. They never got the chance to say, “I could never do that!” They never even got nine months to get used to the idea of a baby. One afternoon in August our four boys got a baby sister, a sister who might stay for a few weeks or for a lifetime. At the time our boys, ages 13, 12, 10 and 8, were forced to decide what to do with their hearts.
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