You are not listening. But you are not listening. Or most of us anyway. I’m trying. I really am. I want to hear – new ideas, new experiences, new revelations. But the more you SHOUT at me, the harder it is to hear you. I want to engage. But you turn off the one line…
I don’t try to be confrontational. . . Okay, you can stop laughing now. When I was younger, I craved the arguments and confrontation. I embraced the opportunity to prove others wrong – and the higher their authority, the better for me. And then God. I began leaning into God’s Word and I began trusting…
Do you ever wonder if God is real? Or is that just me? When you pray and you study and you rinse and repeat until you feel like it’s all you are doing … But it all stays the same. Seeing God At Work Yesterday, I had to adjust my plans to get everyone where…
You can’t just trust Jesus. You have to do something. Even the Bible says that only someone who works gets fed. Of course, the Bible also says, “Judas hanged himself” “go and do likewise.” (Okay, those two phrases aren’t located together, although they are in Scripture, and they come from a joke my dad loved…
That’s right …. how bold can you go? And it’s okay to sing it because now I can’t stop. It turns out that when you embrace the truth of your design, it’s an empowering truth that sparks a hunger to go even bolder. Your One Purpose You are designed for one purpose … Just one…
Choosing joy for the journey is an attitude of the heart, not a determination of the circumstances. Just ask my husband. The other day, my husband and I got stuck in traffic. I pointed out the rainbow crossing the sky. And then I started singing I Can See Clearly Now. I was finding my way…
Have you ever found God leading you into a storm instead of around it? Morning Reflection I sit in the parking lot after dropping my husband off and do a morning reflection. I had started my morning thinking about how I could get more eyes on what I shared. I paused. Breathed. And remembered the…
They painted the perfect picture of settled calm. He pushed the baby stroller. She picked blooms from the plants. And I felt the nudge to splash cold water on them. Not actual water. That would be rude. But maybe my WORD interruption was just as rude. Do you ever share random knowledge with people who…
I chose STUCK. I’ve been stuck in my life. This STUCK was my choice. I said, “Self, how long can a train sit there on the tracks?” Well, Self, it turns out it can sit there a really, really, REALLY long time. I stopped with plenty of space between me and the truck in front…
Do you ever just know? You hear the click. You see the pieces fall into place. Your heart feels lighter. Because you know that right now this moment this place you are doing exactly what you are called to do. You are fulfilling all you are designed to be. Right now. That doesn’t mean five…