A few months ago, my car battery died while in line waiting to get gas at Costco – very inconvenient, to say the least. When it became obvious I wasn?t going to move, the cars behind me began going around me. No one asked if there was a problem or if they could help. They […]
A Prayer Rhythm ? When My Heart is Overwhelmed
When I am overwhelmed, the path ahead seems long, unending. It presses in and I am alone. And yet I am not. Not really. Not ever. As I begin to form simple words, halting prayer words, I know?even if I don’t immediately feel?that God is with me. Over the last ten years or so I […]
Pondering Personal Relationship with God
God did this so that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from any one of us. ?For in Him we live and move and have our being.? Acts 17:27 & 28 NIV I have been pondering for the last few months how incredible […]
A Turning At Twilight
A TURNING AT TWILIGHT Sun setting at his back, hills leading home toward Jerusalem. Rolling wave by wave before his gaze the battle weary King leans upon his shepherd’s staff. Oh home, oh Jerusalem, Oh Lord God Almighty! I long to rest in Your arms, Your power, Your peace, Your presence. But, out there on […]
Living As an Answer
Journeying Together – Admiring a Single Lily
We learn to stop chasing experiences when we realize all of life is an experience. One of the most difficult challenges I have faced in my spiritual journey has been transitioning out of chasing addictive, adrenaline-producing or accomplishment-seeking experiences to finding joy in the everyday, seemingly mundane realities of life. Addictive, adrenaline-based or work-based-success experiences […]
Like a Well-Rooted Tree
?But blessed are those who trust in the LORD,?whose confidence is in him.??They will be like a tree planted by the water?that sends out its roots by the stream.?It does not fear when heat comes;?its leaves are always green.?It has no worries in a year of drought?and never fails to bear fruit.? (Jeremiah 17:7-8) I […]
