Getting Into God’s Stride
"Enoch walked with God ... " (Genesis 5:24) "The test of a person's spiritual life and character is not what he does in the extraordinary moments of life, but what he does during the ordinary times when there is nothing tremendous or exciting happening. A person's...
Disappoint
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Disappoint. It's been a time of much discussion, disagreements, tensions, and turmoil. As we watch debates and Town Hall meetings, we wonder...
Searching For Certainty
We all long for life to be certain. We make the plans and hope for our days to be lived out as such, and yet, rarely can we count on life to go as expected. Our plans have a way of being interrupted by illness, financial setbacks, job loss, betrayals, and strained...
From A Broken Spirit
It's been a different sort of Bible reading the last few weeks. Instead of larger portions of Scripture speaking to my heart, it has been a word, a phrase, or a single verse grabbing my attention and thoughts. The psalmist David was a humble shepherd boy who became...
Fresh Starts, Freedom, and Prayer
We began the week with reading Psalm 19:12-13; Psalm 119:153; Psalm 31:9; and Psalm 119:132. All wonderful verses - the topic? Unintentional sin - those we fall into that weren't willful or habitual. In the devotional, the words used to describe God were just...
He Guides Me Along Right Paths
“He guides me along right paths …†(Psalm 23:3, NLT) We all want to know we are headed in the right direction, have made the right choices, and this requires the ability to be led or guided. This might be where the struggle comes in. Sheep are a funny creature....