Turn back. No matter what, no matter how irreconcilable it may seem to you and possibly everyone around you. You are never too far away for God to wrap you in His loving embrace. God is waiting. Turn back. “No sin is too great, no heart too hard to call upon the mercy of God…
Category: seasons
Waiting before God
Let all that I am wait quietly before God,for my hope is in him. // Psalm 62:5 NLT Ruth Chou Simons writes, “I’ve squandered too many days coddling expectations rather than waiting with expectancy. One leaves you tight fisted and anxious while the other rests with a posture of outstretched hands, ready to receive with…
Whispers of Jesus
As we enter into the eve of Christmas, my prayer is that you are leaning in to the whispers of Jesus in each moment. Take in every aspect of these precious days, never forgetting to turn your ear to His tender, hope filled words. It’s obvious, of course, that he didn’t go to all this…
Name him Jesus
“And she will have a son, and you are to name him JESUS, for he will save his people from their sins.”Matthew 1:21 NLT The moment when Joseph was bestowed with the honor of naming the child he would be parenting with Mary JESUS, the future was set. The name that would forever change the…
Emmanuel in the waiting
Matthew 1:21-23 TPT,She (Mary) will give birth to a son and you are to name him ‘Savior,’ for he is destined to give his life to save his people from their sins. This happened to fulfill what the Lord had spoken through his prophet: “Listen! A virgin will be pregnant, she will give birth to…
Word made flesh
“You’re my place of quiet retreat; I wait for your Word to renew me.”Psalm 119:114 MSG Allow the Word of God to be your quiet retreat from the busyness of the holiday season, and lean in to listen to what He reveals as we prepare to celebrate Christ’s birth – His purpose and our shining…
Understanding in grief
In grief, I have found an understanding that beyond my understanding God is working all for the good of those who love Him and accept His calling. That does not make loss easier. It does not make watching the world groan in sin less awful. It does not make my mess ups and falling short…
All my stuff
I write this blog in the midst of all my stuff… all my learning all the emotions the monotony of day to day all my joys the weight of this dark world the ever-changing shape of grief the forming and reforming of relationships my continued understanding, and lack of understanding, of self all my questions…
Grief and happiness
For those who live with loss in their lives, grief and happiness often live together as two sides of one coin. Amidst the “best day ever”, the ping of sadness introduces itself in the most inopportune moments, stinging joy with depths of grief. “I think we just learn to live with the sadness that will…
To be held
There are moments when life feels so heavy and burdensome, and we realize we’ve been trying to carry everything on our own. We do not often notice life’s weight until it’s too much to bear. Then the question comes, “why have I been trying to carry it?” I had a moment like this last evening….
All the way
Hard to admit, but I have not had an easy 2021 thus far. Because the peacekeeper part of me sometimes pushes aside real things that are occurring to help make room for the good and lovely, I have needed to be real with myself. So, during one of my recent quiet times, I wrote a…
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