Misc

A few years ago the Lord started showing me a verse to keep in my mind and heart for the year ahead. I write it on a note card and put it on the windowsill in front of my computer at my desk. I don’t always know up front why that particular verse will be…

I used to believe in Jesus. In my house while I was growing up it was just a given. Jesus was the Son of God, He died on the cross, and rose from the dead in 3 days. I didn’t question any of the stories I was told from the Bible. I believed that those…

Grace is glorious! And sometimes mysterious or elusive. Have you experienced the gift of grace? Honestly it can be difficult to see grace in this world sometimes. In our busy, hurried lives filled with distractions from every side, where do we find grace? And how do we hold onto it? Grace, by definition, can’t be…

Let every heart…prepare Him room. It’s such a familiar phrase. When we are expecting guests, we prepare for them. We clean up the house, we shop for food and drinks to share, we decorate for the occasion. We want everything to look, and be perfect for their arrival. Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think…

Jesus changes everything. It sounds cliche, but there is such truth in these words. In 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 Paul talks about the old covenant and the new covenant. The old covenant was based on laws that were etched in stone. The old covenant was structured to bring glory to God through obedience to the law.…

When God asks me to do something, one of two things usually gets in the way. Regrets from the past, or fear of the future. In Exodus chapter 3 God appeared to Moses in a burning bush that was engulfed in flames but didn’t burn up. It was amazing, he had to go take a…

It’s Saturday. Jesus has died, and his body has been laid in the tomb. The entrance has been sealed. Guards have been sent to watch the entrance of the tomb, to make sure the disciples can’t steal the body and claim that he rose from the dead. Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Jesus,…

We are never satisfied. We want more. We want what we can’t have. We want what others have. There is an emptiness in our soul that we try to fill…with stuff, with people, with status. If I only had (fill in the blank), then I would be happy. So then we finally get (fill in…

God had given me a taste of freedom (see my previous post “Accept Forgiveness). So now what? I am impatient. I want to know the plan. I want to make it happen. So I am looking for something to do for God. There are so many options…serve the homeless, go on a mission trip, volunteer…