Being a part of a church body is a beautiful blessing if we allow ourselves some humility. Giving and receiving help is just one way we function as the body of Christ. When I was pregnant with my fourth child, I went into preterm labor at 33 weeks. The hospital wanted to keep me in…
Our own inexperience can actually lead us down a road toward our own growth. We just need to be willing to learn and trust. “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.” Psalm 32:8 NKJV What if sometimes, it is better to not “know…
In an ever-increasing confusing and chaotic world, how are we to fix our eyes daily on Jesus? How can we meditate on whatever things are true? The other day I was scrolling through Twitter and quickly found myself asking why. It is not a place I walk away from with more peace, understanding, or better…
It can be easy to allow the enemy to entice us to grumble. But when Sunday comes, it can be a fresh, new restart for your entire week if you allow it to. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with…
Peace is hard to find in the chaotic world we are living in. But we will not find it in this world. True peace is found as we put our trust in Jesus. I look at the world and it seems more unruly and chaotic than any other time in my life. We are still…
Of all the virtues and lessons we can teach our children as they grow, there is one important parenting tool we have at our disposal. For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.James 2:26 I was in the pew on a recent Sunday morning, following…
We can have our own plans all set and tidy in our minds, but sometimes God has something different–but better. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. (Proverbs 3:5) I thought it was all settled. Why shouldn’t I? We had made this important decision several years ago. And…
Early in our tenure at a church my husband and I were members of, a woman told me that people didn’t like her after about three to four years. A few years ago, a friend told me they’ve observed that there seems to be a three to four-year church honeymoon period. Many people leave a…
With so much uncertainty and social pressures in today’s world, creating a peaceful haven is a necessity to make a safe space for our children. “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce.” (Jeremiah 29:5) My maternal grandmother was the hardest working woman I’ve ever known. Her entire adult life was…
When we go through heartache, we can cling to God and trust that He has us and the entire situation in His hands. “I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.” Revelation 3:8 ESV Laying in bed, I felt like a failure…
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? Psalm 56:3-4 NIV We were greeted by the cats in the yard as we walked toward her home. Once we pet the kitties we went into the…
“Look carefully how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of time, because the days are evil.“(Ephesians 5:15-16 ESV) “If you have never missed a plane, you are spending way too much of your life in airports.” That’s my friend Catherine’s counsel and, as someone who knows what it’s like…
Being too close to our own spiritual lives can mean we miss blind spots that need addressing. “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.” Psalms 119:18 (KJV) John Newton, the author of the famous hymn Amazing Grace, became the captain of a slave-trade ship a year after his…
“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:19 (ESV) I remember vividly a few years ago when I was introduced to a concept called grounding in a counseling session. I was recalling…
If there was one word to describe our lives today it might be uncertainty. We are uncertain about the potential of full-scale wars, economic upheaval, political divisions, racial unrest, school shootings, protest mobs, immigration crises, and the never-ending possibility of a new virus. Big issues which cause angst. Closer to home we don’t know about…
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