It’s easy to tell you that God is speaking to you, and you can stand up in your circumstances and hear directly from Him, and that He often speaks through your closest family and friends — but it’s much harder to explain exactly how that works. What if you’ve got some difficult relationships closest to …
I see your daily life: a constant barrage of activity, the clamoring needs of small children, work demands, stressful decisions…a sensory collage of thought, analysis, media messaging and emotion. The end of the day finds you trying to relax your mind for a few minutes and eventually grabbing some hours of rest. Where is God? …
Sometimes making steps forward turns into a giant hamster wheel spin. Instead of moving ahead, we keep spinning around making lists, asking others for opinions, second-guessing what we heard from God, and getting caught up in self-doubt. If you find yourself in this situation, remember that God speaks through wise counsel. This is counsel that …
You’ve heard that famous line Dory sang in Finding Nemo, “just keep swimming, just keep swimming…” Is that how you’re feeling? Like you just need to push through the exhaustion, fight through that burned-out feeling, or just tuck your feelings away and go through the motions one more second? You ‘just keep swimming’ no matter …
I see you struggling to take that first step toward making an improvement, reaching a goal, or trying something new, completely unsure if you are making the right move or walking in the right direction. I see you doubting that God could possibly be speaking to you and questioning why He would even want to. …
We often associate storms with destruction, but that’s not always the case. Sometimes, a rainstorm passes through and leaves behind lush green grass, well-watered plants, and fresher air. Often, the darkness clears to reveal a beautiful rainbow…a sign of hope and a reminder of God’s covenant with us (Genesis 9:16). Let’s look at John 15:2, …
Sometimes it rains a little, and sometimes a ferocious storm is unleashed that wields unspeakable damage and changes us forever. In the past three months, collectively, we’ve experienced the storms of quarantine and the pandemic, along with physical weather storms, individual medical storms, financial storms, and the longer-brewing storm of systemic racism. Every storm that …
Just over two weeks ago, I fell silent as the days became a blur of room-spinning nausea, head pressure and sinus unhappiness. This vertigo storm was one I had never experienced before. After one trip to the ER, lots of medication, the power of prayer, and days of healing, I’m on the mend. About one …
When I was a little girl, I looked forward to the daily mail delivery. I grew up in a very small 2-bedroom bungalow that had both a mail slot and a vintage milk chute. Everyday, the mail would come sliding through the little door, spilling to the floor if we didn’t catch it in time. …
We are more accessible and wired than ever before — in fact, some of you are wired on caffeine and carbs right now trying to read this post. You know it’s true and I’m with you. How is all of this accessibility helping you stay on task with what God is asking you to do? …
