You are the ROCK on which I stand... and the One who ROCKS my world! I heard a wonderful quote recently. It was attributed to John Piper in his book, The Pleasure of God: "God takes great delight in putting His Name at stake in your destiny." Wow. That really rocked my world! Could it...
This morning, You spoke -- as You often do -- through a whisper that "sounded" in my spirit more like a shout. An Encouraging Word. A Call to Arms. I was on the floor, on my knees... then on my back, looking out my window at the sky above. The dark clouds in the sky...
I saw today how war can be just one heartbeat away. We drove to Fredericksburg to exchange a piece of broken furniture for its new replacement. We pulled into the parking lot behind the retailer and parked between the only two other cars there. As we got out and moved to the rear of our truck, I saw...
What a roller coaster of a day! This morning, in the pre-dawn hours, I was acknowledging the reality -- the ferocity -- of the enemy's activities in our day... AND rejoicing in Your precious promises to see us through. Your precious promises to accomplish what would be impossible in our own strength. I was crying out...
What a WONDERFUL day it has been!!! An intimate time at Your feet this morning. A long list of tasks on my work and home "To Do" lists checked off. Some key actions taken to further "touch" a few of those "Divine Appointments" You have orchestrated. A happy kitty who, with a fair amount of freedom outside...
You and I have been in a conversation together for the past ten days. A life-and-death conversation. This conversation became necessary because I had "let my guard down"... ever so slightly. As a result, I was beginning to "dabble" in "old patterns." "It's no big deal," I theorized. I was wrong. Suddenly, the "dabbling" became a portal...
Lord, Lord, Lord... Aside from just soaking in Your Presence, there's nothing I enjoy more than the gift of serving You. By Your Amazing Grace, today You gave me just such an opportunity -- a Divine Appointment You had planned long ago. We went to church in the town of Madison this morning. A Methodist Church. We...
I must say: Life with You -- "walking by faith" -- is The Adventure of a Lifetime! What are the metaphors that apply to what happened today? Something that could radically change my future? Being thrown a curve ball? Thrown for a loop? By something that came out of left field? I like the baseball analogy. ...
Weeds. They had taken over our herb garden in the thirteen+ weeks we were gone. The herbs had largely disappeared, but the weeds were THRIVING. Some of them had grown several feet tall... like mini-trees, complete with branches. I spent a fair amount of today pulling those weeds up... and planting new herbs. Out with the...
Oh, Abba... You're so Amazing. Surprising... yet Predictable. "In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help... He heard my voice... He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters." (Psalm 18:6,16) You didn't wait long to send me Your...
