Wow, Lord. How is it possible? Sometimes Your still small whisper comes in the middle of the loudest and most exuberant praise music. Like this morning, when I decided to visit a different church for worship. The praise music was captivating. It wasn't long before I felt swept away from the cares of the world...
How beautifully -- and persistently -- You "woo" us, Lord! It's amazing to think that You, Lord -- the Almighty Creator of the universe -- would be lovesick for us, the objects of Your affection. How does the One who spoke into being hundreds of billions of galaxies, each one made up of hundreds of billions...
Recently, I met a woman on Death Row. Not the real Death Row reserved for people who have been found guilty of heinous crimes and are awaiting their execution. It was not even the "Death Row" we all experience prior to meeting You, Jesus, and embracing You as our Savior. "For the wages of sin...
HOPE. It's something we all need and long for. Like a cool drink of water on a hot summer day. Like an oasis in a desert wilderness. Like an IV in an Intensive Care Unit. Like a Miracle in a Sea of Impossibility. I don't know, Lord... Sometimes, when I look too much at the world's...
Sometimes, you just know. You know you are lost... and there is no way home. There is no "home" You know you are broken... and you can't be fixed. There is no "whole." You know you are caught... and there is no way out. There is no "way." But then... Suddenly, gradually, impossibly, wonderfully... You KNOW you are...
A wounded warrior... made whole. That's who I met tonight. A law enforcement officer who faces danger every day in the line of duty. A public servant who risks his life to protect others. Survivor of a life-threatening attack by an enemy that operates by stealth. Cancer. He told his story tonight to those who had...
You must be "up to" something, Lord... because I remembered something I haven't thought about in years. It was a commercial for a Winter Olympics of long ago. The ski jumper had lost his balance on the downhill slope and, traveling at breakneck speeds (literally), crashed into (and over) the barricade alongside the ski jump...
How do I put You into words, Lord, when words cannot possibly capture the wonder -- the magnitude -- of You??? ""The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands... They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out...
What an amazing gift it is, Lord, when You give us "eyes" to see beyond The Veil. There is a Reality all around us. A Reality we usually cannot see with our natural eyes. Our five senses will only take us so far. We who are people of Faith know there is more -- so...
What is one fail-proof formula for AWE? Your Relentless Loving Kindness PLUS Your Miraculous and Perfectly-timed Orchestration of Our Steps. This formula works every time. I recently asked a dear friend for some feedback. I know You are preparing me to speak with more frequency to groups of women in this next "season" of service to You. I sent my friend...
