of truth and tattoos
It’s no secret flying is not one of my favorite things. The turbulence (aka: falling straight out of the sky a little bit at a time), the ear-popping (as if my head didn’t ALREADY HURT), the joy of feeling the plane sway from side to side as the pilot is attempting to land (did you know more than 80% of crashes occur during the first three minutes of takeoff, or the last eight minutes before landing?), and don’t even get me STARTED on the germ factor (did you ALSO know I am 100% likely to get the flu or a sinus infection within 24-48 hours of having ridden on a plane? True...
Read Moremore than ideas or sentiment
The morning of June 13th dawned early—much too early. But it wasn’t just the hour that came too quickly—though that certainly was a factor, as we were bone-weary tired from seven jam-packed days of sweating and service. It was more that the week, which had once stretched out before us full of hope and promise, was now drawing to a close and within hours we would lift off from this land that had become dear to us, not knowing when we might return. We came to breakfast tired. Hungry. Heavy-hearted. Reluctant to leave. And as we did every morning...
Read Morebecoming a better me: trust
Here we are in week three of our quest to become BETTER—to be conformed into the image of Christ and become bearers of his likeness—and we have discussed, so far, our need to BEGIN by overcoming inertia-causing fear and to EMBRACE the life-changing grace of God. The next item on our biblical resolution list: TRUST. To become better, we must trust in God’s goodness and sovereignty. Trust is a tricky subject—it’s difficult when we’re talking about trusting other people, let alone talking about trusting God. It can be hard, sometimes, to trust in someone you can neither...
Read Moregarbage for riches: embracing grace
We’ve all felt it—that horrible sinking feeling in our center paired with the self-protective urge to run, to cover, to hide. When we’ve made a horrible mistake. When we’ve said something we shouldn’t have. When we’ve come up against our brokenness. When we’re faced with the consequences of our sin. We’ve all experienced SHAME. But we don’t all know its antidote. We try to fix it. We try to fix US. We try to cover up, to shape up, to give up. We redouble our efforts. And we rack up a hefty column of failures. ...
Read Moreword of the day: renew
Definition of RENEW (Verb) To make new or like/as if new To regain, recover, or restore one’s freshness, vigor, or perfection To make new spiritually; regenerate To restore to existence; revive To do or begin again; repeat, start over, resume To repeat so as to reaffirm; renew a promise To replenish What strikes me most about this list of uses for the word “renew” is number seven: to repeat so as to reaffirm; renew a promise. So often clients will say to me, “I’ve been here before—I keep getting stuck in this same place and I haven’t made any progress,...
Read Moreyou tell me: gifts from god
What is the best gift you have ever received from God, that did not FEEL to you like a gift at the TIME? When did you realize it was truly a gift?
Read Moreinterruptions
He came, not as a flash of light or as an unapproachable conqueror, but as one whose first cries were heard by a peasant girl and a sleepy carpenter. God tapped humanity on its collective shoulder, “Pardon me,” he said, and eternity interrupted time, divinity interrupted carnality, and heaven interrupted the earth in the form of a baby. Christianity was born in one big heavenly interruption. Max Lucado
Read Moreword of the day: receive
re•ceive v. re•ceived, re•ceiv•ing, re•ceives 1. To take or acquire (something given, offered, or transmitted); get. 2. To acquire or get something; be a recipient. 3. To have something (an honor, for example) bestowed on oneself. 4. To accept delivery or transmission of. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. Hebrews 10:36
Read Morea christmas blessing
A Christmas Blessing May the Christmas light glow in your window as you come home on a dark and stormy night. May the music of carols warm your discouraged souls and make you want to sing again. May the crib scene catch your eye and hold you in its fascination. May you realize that every gift is as special as you want to make it. May the Christmas tree draw you to its dazzling lights. May your love be even more dazzling and welcome everyone home. May Jesus and Mary and Joseph bless you and all yours and keep you patient and happy and joyous all the season long. May you remember as best...
Read Moremerry christmas!
JOY TO THE WORLD!!! Joy to the World, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room And Heaven and nature sing, And Heaven and nature sing, And Heaven, and Heaven and nature sing. Joy to the World, the Savior reigns! Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy. No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found, Far as the curse is found, Far as, far as, the curse...
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