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A Confused and Disturbed “Yes”
Our commitment and faith are tested when our desires must be abandoned in pursuit of God’s call.
Misdirected Precision
The frequently taken paths are well-worn and easy to follow. The road less traveled is harder to discern. Tall grass and overgrown branches camouflage the path of humility and self-sacrifice.
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Even mature believers can find themselves resisting that still small voice when we don’t like the direction we are receiving. We might question God’s timing, his direction, and dare I say his “fairness”. We can pull against his hand, protest his plot twist, question his choice of some of the characters he writes into our…
Avoiding Epithymia
It is easy to get off track. Keeping our gaze locked with our Lord is a much more difficult endeavor.
Almost and Altogether
I “almost” remembered to pick my child up from soccer practice. I “almost” finished my homework. I “almost” resisted the cookies and donuts. Rarely is almost a satisfactory outcome. Several decades ago my husband almost stopped at a stop sign in our sleepy neighborhood in Maine. It was the kind of neighborhood that you were…
I Need a New Song!
If God isn’t in it, I don’t want it-even if I think I do.
Untangle Me
There are times that I need to ask the Lord what I am yoked to that he has not asked me to carry. Sometimes he might even have asked my “not” to carry it.
Trick or Trick?
The lost live in a perpetual season of darkness it is as if the Christmas lights never emerge to replace the skeletons and witches. The dreary grip of fear and hopelessness can only be banished by the love and power of the one true God. You and I are his ambassadors, displaying the light of…
Tripping Hazard Ahead
Vulnerability shouts from the rooftops, “I was a mess but God turned my life around and he can do it for you too!”. Vulnerability admits that I still struggle, have bad days and get it wrong. I am a work in progress and so are you.
Lose the Cape
Involvement in our churches and in ministries around us is a valuable component of our spiritual development. Finding ourselves crushed by the weight of a self-imposed need to be involved in every activity around us is not.
Overthinkers Anonymous
Jesus is not demanding our time. He doesn’t want something from us, he has something for us, something that we desperately need.
It’s All in the Details!
Our God is a God of detail. Sometimes it is the little things that make us smile and feel our hearts warm with the knowledge that he knows us so thoroughly and cares for us with intricate, individual detail.
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Apples of Gold 