As I clipped through my morning walk, accusations of failure threatened my joy despite the beautiful day and my blessings. The accusations were my own thoughts running through my head. You know the ones. There the ones the Enemy likes to use to distract us and stop us from our purposes. Parenting is hard. I’ve made so many mistakes. We …
The Need for White Space: Three Ways to Create It
I rearranged furniture last weekend to accommodate a large group coming to my house. We moved in chairs for the extra bodies that would be in the room. But once the guests were gone and the chairs returned to their original rooms, I decided that I would leave the coffee table where I’d moved it, in the middle …
Bite of Bread: Favorite Psalm Bites
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. My favorite breakfast is oatmeal, coconut oil, brown sugar, and blueberries. It’s like eating a cookie for my morning meal of the physical kind, but I can always tell when I don’t take time to feed my soul too. Let’s feed our spirits every morning with the bites of …
My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?
I believe it was the last piece of humanity Jesus suffered for us. Feeling forsaken. Even Jesus experienced that feeling of God’s absence. Many of us know this too. We haven’t hung on a cross, but we’ve trudged through grief, heartache, illness, pain, and our own sin. “WHERE ARE YOU?” we shout. And silence replies. At the times when …
When God Seems Absent or Missing: The Parable of the Car Keys
Once in awhile I like to watch The Ellen Degeneres Show. It always surprises me when it’s a rerun, which I wouldn’t know except for the fact that she’s talking about Halloween and it’s March. Anyway, as I sat with the Lord today waiting for Him to give me an idea for a post, He reminded me of Ellen, …