You welcomed us with a splash, Lord. We had come to pray. To seek You... more of You. In our lives. In our church that is struggling. It was pouring at the church. The gully-washing, torrential kind of pouring Noah knew all too well. My two sisters were disheartened. Disgusted, even. But, by Your Grace,...
The departure day for our eight-day mission trip is fast approaching. Someone else is planning and coordinating the logistics of mobilizing our 41-person team from four different states to help make sure we all end up in the Right Place at the Right Time. Yikes! "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation,...
"You are the only one who has come." My neighbor was crying when she said this. Crying as I held her in my arms. I couldn't believe my ears. My neighbor has lots of family and friends. She is active on Facebook and had recently revealed the source of her pain. Her father is dying. Her...
Making the old new. You're doing it all the time... aren't You, Lord? "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?" (Isaiah 43:18-19) Like taking a hunk of old, cracked leather and making it supple again. Taking a...
For the first time ever, we went over our data limit for our satellite Internet. Burning through 15 GB like a wildfire out of control. Come to think of it, maybe that's a good description of a houseful of grandkids -- A Wildfire Out of Control! :) We've had a wonderful time, Lord! AND...
Sometimes, Lord, You just take my breath away! And it isn't all "hot air"!!! :) Like this morning. I have begun a new season of prayer and fasting. Forty days of seeking You in new and deeper ways. I'm on "pins and needles"... feeling a great sense of anticipation. What are You going to...
It was just a free webinar. All about successfully engaging new clients. What could be problematic about this topic? It wasn't the topic itself. It was the direction the teaching was going. The worldly appetites that were being encouraged... ... ever-so-subtly. Then, the Free Bonus Offer. Just sign up for the more in-depth training and receive...
I hadn't even thought of my fleece yet. The fleece I would put out to ask if that "leading" I sensed yesterday was really from You, Lord. I had only just lifted the question to you: "Was that really You, Lord?" One hour later, I felt led to open my business email. Wow... You don't...
I don't understand it, Lord. Certain people -- coalescing into a movement -- are advocating loudly that certain lives matter more than others. They are accusing law enforcement of pervasive and deadly actions borne of systemic racism. Yet the facts do not support their claims. The lives they claim to represent do matter. But the position of this "movement"...
I don't know his name... but You do, Lord. I don't know his pain... but You do, Lord. I don't know his way out... but You do, Lord. You ARE The Way. And on some deep level, he knows it. That's why he cried out to You, in his wilderness, when he was at the...
