Liquid Words

Liquid Words

Lord, you know all my desires and deepest longings. My tears are liquid words, and you can read them all. Psalm 38:9 (TPT) Life is not always pleasant, happy or fulfilling. Sometimes seasons are challenging, devastating and even just sad. We can find ourselves in the...
Looking God’s Direction

Looking God’s Direction

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud. I Corinthians 13:4 Relationship is a two-way street. It is a conversation, an interaction between two people. The closer we grow together, the dynamics of the relationship change. Love alters how we...
The Pressure to Bend

The Pressure to Bend

Come and kneel before this Creator-God; come and bow before the mighty God, our majestic maker! Psalm 95:6 (TPT) We live in a world obsessed with being seen, liked, and believed. What was once limited to newspaper society pages, whispers exchanged at parties, or...
Obsessed with the When, Missing the Why

Obsessed with the When, Missing the Why

What joy and blessing will come to that faithful servant when the master comes home to find him serving with excellence! Matthew 24:46 (TPT) Ever since the disciples walked with Jesus in Jerusalem, Christians have wanted to know when He will return. We feel a strong...
Let’s Talk About What We’re Missing

Let’s Talk About What We’re Missing

For if you keep seeking it like a man would seek for sterling silver, searching in hidden places for cherished treasure, then you will discover the fear of the Lord and find the true knowledge of God. . . For the Lord has a hidden storehouse of wisdom made accessible...
Maybe God Likes to Wait

Maybe God Likes to Wait

Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made. Genesis 2:8 A Plant on the Porch
 I really enjoy growing things. These days I am limited to a decorative pot on my porch. In that very pot, I have a perennial flower that...
Are We There Yet?

Are We There Yet?

Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for his miraculous power constantly...
A Few Inches From Freedom

A Few Inches From Freedom

So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free. John 8:36 The Lizard on the Patio Recently, I watched a small lizard pace back and forth next to the screen on our patio. It was looking for a path of escape, to be free from the confines of the cage. But perspective is...
You Are Dead (And That’s Good News)

You Are Dead (And That’s Good News)

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. Romans 6: 4 What Is Wrong With Me? Have you ever asked God, “What is wrong with...
Holding On or Holding Up?

Holding On or Holding Up?

I hear the Lord saying, “I will stay close to you, instructing and guiding you along the pathway for your life. I will advise you along the way and lead you forth with my eyes as your guide. So don’t make it difficult; don’t be stubborn when I take you where you’ve...
What is Your Heart Really Chasing?

What is Your Heart Really Chasing?

What joy overwhelms everyone who keeps the ways of God, those who seek him as their heart’s passion. Psalm 119:2 I think that we are all looking for our “heart’s passion,” whether we realize it or not. We want to feel alive; to break free of the mundane and live...
Rewriting the Itinerary

Rewriting the Itinerary

“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. Isaiah 55:8 Recently we went on a one-week trip that turned into a six-week, seven-country journey. We often quote Isaiah 55:8: “My thoughts are...
Why Scarcity Was Never the Plan

Why Scarcity Was Never the Plan

I long to drink of you, O God, drinking deeply from the streams of pleasure flowing from your presence.  My longings overwhelm me for more of you!  My Soul thirsts, pants, and longs for the living God.  I want to come and see the face of God.  Psalm 42:1-2 (TPT) Have...
The Room Changes When You Walk In

The Room Changes When You Walk In

A catalyst is an agent that provokes or speeds a significant change or action. It is a substance that causes or accelerates a chemical reaction without being affected itself. Have you ever noticed that certain people can walk into a room and everything changes? They...
Faith Has Roots

Faith Has Roots

So says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the captives whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit. Jeremiah 29:4-5 Have you ever been encouraged to “bloom where you are...