Our bodies were created to need sleep and regular rest. Learn why this is important in the life of a Christian. If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. Proverbs 3:24 I wasn’t paying much attention up until that point. But once the interviewer asked…
Sometimes God wants us to slow down and really take in the goodness of life rather than looking for more or ahead for the next thing. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! ~ Psalm 34:8 It’s not often someone makes a statement that is…
Adoration is a beautiful spiritual practice to train our souls to always adore God when we don’t understand and life is out of our control. “O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens!”Psalm 8:1 ESV I sat in a group of women…
If you want to grow closer to God, it may be you need to simply go back to the basics and let all the excess go. When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Exodus 3:4 (ESV) I…
Our limitations don’t need to be a negative in our days, but maybe a chance to lean into God a bit more. Raising teenagers is changing me. God is parenting me as I watch Him parent them. When they were five, we walked through the woods as they fired dozens of questions: how many days until…
What lovely gift can I get for my friend? That’s the question that’s been going through my mind. I’d like to come up with something special, but that fits into our small Christmas budget as well. You probably know what I’m talking about here. I could get all the “regulars” – those “specials” that are…
No doubt 2020 has been a crisis for many. How can we push aside fear? “casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you” 1 Peter 5:7 (ESV) Fear is sneaky. It starts with a neutral thought — unobtrusive. A thought that I surely should consider, right? On a Monday morning, after I’d…
It’s in the waiting room where we learn to grow and grow slow. We’ve visited the same stretch of beach nearly every year for twenty-five years. There is not enough distance between visits for my memory to lapse. When I’m back at the beach, I can access being seventeen and adventuresome. And every year, there…
Do you ever choose tasks or activity over talking to God? What our hearts need most isn’t to “get through this” but bring our longings and our fears to Him. “Oh Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you.” Psalm 38:9 (ESV) The days just after the world shut…
How do you navigate your thoughts when they overwhelm you? How can you focus on Him during uncertain times? It was one of those days that turned into night and became morning without much respite. My sleeplessness was not because of a sick baby or a fearful toddler. I blame my mind. The night before,…
Navigating grief is one of the most emotionally exhausting experiences in life. There is no quick fix, no ignoring it, no hiding from it. When grief hits—the only option is to walk through it. Oh, we can all pretend for a time, distract ourselves with busyness or mind-numbing activities, but our bodies and minds will…
God made us to be seen. To be deeply known. To be celebrated. I saw this in my son, Bo, last fall. The Desire to Be Seen “Of course, you can probably see that I don’t have training wheels,” he said to a random walker, as he stepped off his bike and stroked the man’s…
Adoption is close to the heart of God. I know this for a fact because He talks about it. In Psalms, we’re told that God sets the lonely in families (Psalm 68:5-6) and in another place God is identified as the “helper of the fatherless” (Psalm 10:14). Throughout Scripture, we see that adoption plays a…
So many of you have asked me about this! Maybe it’s the time of year. Or maybe that place in life we find ourselves in. Or perhaps it’s the spiraling world we live in. Whatever the reason, this has been one of the most frequent requests in my inbox lately. What devotional would you recommend?…
I’m currently waiting for something. It impacts my everyday living and thinking. It’s heavy. Painful, at times. The wait wants to steal my sleep and my attention. You, too? Well, this one’s for you … The Master of Time I developed an early habit of watching the clock. I didn’t know then that it would…
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