Maintaining Your Peace
“Blessed be the LORD, my Rock.” Enormous boulders too high and wide to climb were curiously placed in a city we traveled through on vacation this past summer. T...
“Blessed be the LORD, my Rock.” Enormous boulders too high and wide to climb were curiously placed in a city we traveled through on vacation this past summer. T...
“to guide us to the path of peace.” Flames flickering and glowing deep hues of orange and red with hints of purple, blues, and yellows, the wood hisses and smok...
I will cease striving… After I finish all my shopping and decorating. After I have completed all the projects and exams. After I get past all the concerts and s...
To the ends of the earth, God will go. He promised. He is not a God of certain types of people. Get that out of your head. He is a God who will go to the ends o...
“We don’t deserve the praise! The LORD alone deserves all of the praise..” (Psalm 115: 1, CEV) It is our default, it seems, to go first to self-promoting though...
Selfish. Thinking of oneself first. How will this benefit me? Time and money and strengths are used to promote primarily personal goals. Unselfish. Thinking of...
“I delight greatly in the LORD.” We delight in ice cream and Saturdays and free time with friends. We delight in finishing a project, unexpected financial gains...
“All the believers lifted their voices together in prayer.” Have you ever had one of those days where everything seems to go wrong? The day begins normally unti...
“the man was holding tightly to…” “Holding tightly” stirs one image in my mind, but two different scenarios. The image is fingers fastened around an object inte...
“I will speak tenderly to her.” One of the most exhilarating experiences in life is to live a moment when we realize the God over each cell in our bodies is als...