Thou Art God…Anyone else hear these words spoken aloud with a deep and powerful voice? These words have a command presence, one of authority and might. And the little seven-year-old girl memorizing Psalm 90:2 in her second-grade class could never have imagined how often she would rely on these words over the years, feeling awe …
Category: Spiritual Life
Grumbling to Grateful
Except for some disappointment that one area of my life did not really turn out as I had once dreamed, I would mostly describe myself as an optimistic, hopeful, glass-half-full type of person. However, without a clear explanation as to what has changed in the last few years, I’m experiencing a bit of a struggle …
Tell Him
Did you happen to read the title of this post and start humming a song from the 1960s? Coming across the phrase Tell Him while reading Francis Chan’s Crazy Love, I began to vocalize the lyrics to The Exciters’ song I wasn’t even consciously aware that I knew: I know something about love/You’ve gotta want …
Stick With It
Understanding that self-reflection, for some, is not considered an enjoyable or worthwhile activity, I hope you will indulge me today. Perhaps this question will not be too challenging as you consider your life up to this point: Is there an activity you’ve faithfully engaged in, something that now you are grateful you were able to …
Baptized Ambition
Have you ever contemplated if what you are pursuing in life is truly part of God’s plan or just Baptized Ambition? As I mentioned in How to Die, I’m grappling with some Big Questions in this Season of Life where I find myself in a state of transition. One moment what I examine communicates the …
Here Again
How in the world do I find myself Here Again? Again in this place of uncertainty, of feeling Stuck In-Between two options, of desiring answers to Big Questions that may never come, struggling to keep my eyes on Him and my nose in His Word, yet needing to make tangible decisions that have long-lasting implications. …
Intrusive Thoughts
You’re not even worth a slice of pizza, Julie! Believe it or not, that thought played through my mind recently and I’m not joking. Although I am laughing it off today because I recognize that it was an exaggerated and Intrusive Thought, it was a very real one that played over and over in my …
More Your Size
Max Lucado shares a story that George Washington Carver asked God, “Why did you make the universe?” But God answered, “You want to know too much for that little mind of yours. Ask me something More Your Size.” So, Carver rephrased, “What was man made for?” Again He said, “Little man, you are still asking …
Mellow-Hearted People
When you’re on an extended journey, it is beneficial to see signposts along the route, encouraging you to continue on your way, guiding you to a particular destination. Whether that guidance comes in the form of a road map, a curriculum map, or other directions to follow, you find reassurance that someone else has already …
Lifelines
Songwriters have a challenging job. Perhaps you might disagree with this statement, but before you dismiss it outright, please consider that a song is crafted to fulfill one or more of the following purposes: it pleases the ear, it induces feeling, it shares a story, it evokes memories, it aids learning, and it communicates concepts …
Flourishing @ Life 