When my knee-jerk reaction is to try to seize control, God guides with a different solution: Practice pause.
Category: Challenges
When Church Hurts
When the hurt hits too deep. And there seems no way things could be right. Know this: God is still in control.
Saturated in Scripture
A crunch sounded and dust rose with each footfall. The plants were yellow except for two lush patches sporting green. The crops that had stayed watered due to elevation changes were thriving. They looked inviting and caught my eye, standing out among the parched patches. Just like Christians who are challenged to stay planted in…
God, I Need You More than Chocolate!
When stressed to the max, my knee-jerk reaction is to reach for dark gooey, endorphin-releasing chocolate. Yet His Word tells me there is something else that will better satisfy: time spent at His feet.
Shine the Light on Jesus
Are you a fixer? I sure am, or at least often try to be. When someone has a problem, I listen, and all the while my wheels are turning. How can I help them solve this? What can I do? I really dislike how I feel, knowing someone needs help and I am stuck in…
Pursuing God When Everything Changes
wice a year our family daily routine shifts drastically. In May and then again in August. It has everything to do with the fact our lives revolve around an academic schedule. Even though we have faced this shift and return for years now, we still experience a major adjustment. When your daily routine has shifted…
Seen and Heard
Have you ever tried to do everything right with disappointing results? In 2 Kings 20, Hezekiah knew the feeling. Hezekiah “became ill and was at the point of death.” He was visited by Isaiah who told him he would die. Hezekiah knew it was imminent as the prophet told him to “put his house in…
Prayer Persistence
How do you pray? From the birth of each of our three daughters, I prayed over them, before them and with them. I prayed over them often, but most frequently as I exercised each morning. When I knew she had a test, I would pray a few minutes before she started the exam. When she was…
An Unexpected To-Do List
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “Plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me…
Verified and Sealed
Do you believe in God but not sure you’ll get to heaven? It’s daunting to consider that accepting Christ and living (imperfectly but believing in Him) is truly our get-out-of-hell-free card. It’s easy for me to look at my life and wonder why God might want to save me. Yet He does. And He feels…