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.
Prioritizing Gratitude
“Lord, I know Your mercies are new every morning,” I thought while creeping down the stairs in my exercise attire, “Help my eyes to see those mercies today.” My heart knew those words are true. My mind fought to see evidence of such. Have you too, struggled to remain positive, even thankful during tough times?…
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…
A Divided Heart
What is a divided heart? According to Google, “a state of being divided in loyalty or affection, particularly in a spiritual or moral context. It suggests lack of complete devotion to one master or purpose, often describing the conflict experienced when attempting to serve God and worldly desires simultaneously.” Reading the Old Testament, I am…
Choosing to See the Gift
Today is a gift from God. A hard concept to remember when we awake dreading today. But we chose to rejoice in a brand-new day, no matter what our plans or what it may hold.