What do I have in common with the Pillsbury Doughboy? NOTHING, I hope! 🙂 At least as far as his puffed out, overly round body is concerned! But this present reality could be rudely tested if I don’t start getting some exercise again soon! Reason for No Exercise Day #1 (Saturday): Driving 450 …
How do two particular strangers end up sharing a Destiny? By the Divine Encounters You orchestrate, Lord! Like the particular slave trader who purchased Joseph when his brothers sold him to be rid of him. Your Word does not record his name, but You know exactly who he was. You sent him… as part of a …
I’ve read that verse 1,000 times, Lord. But last night, it’s as if I really saw it for the very first time. “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18) Your Will for us? I have always seen the “sovereignty” part of this verse. …
I had my eyes closed. I was communing with You, Lord. “If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in…” (Revelation 3:20) Hallowing Your name. “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.” (Matthew 6:9) Expressing my love to You. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with …
My norepinephrine is rockin’ and rollin’! My serotonin is doing back flips like a gymnastics star on the balance beam! My oxytocin is gathering a bunch of pals together for another bonding session! My dopamine’s “pleasure meter” just maxed out! With all this activity going on, my cortisol decided to “get out of Dodge”… taking my …
Talk about jumping into the “deep end” of the pool! 🙂 This was the question on the heart of a dear sister-in-Christ today. She knows a lot of My Story — the things You rescued me from and in. The things that almost killed me. She wondered how I could reconcile that a loving …
“How do I love thee? I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight for the ends of Being and ideal Grace.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning I have always been moved by that poem, Lord. One lover’s attempt to capture in words the impossibility of capturing her …
It came unexpectedly. Not unlike a dense fog that lifts gradually over the course of hours. You led me in our predawn time yesterday to begin a study of Your healing power, Lord. I thought, “Wow… cool.” I began in the first of the four Gospel accounts — the book of Matthew. The “assignment” You …
Why does rejection hurt so much, Lord? Maybe, in part, because the same brain regions activated during physical pain also activate when people experience rejection? As Kirsten Weir noted in her article entitled The Pain of Social Rejection: “As far as your brain is concerned, a broken heart is not so different from a broken arm.” …
How can any person, without the aid of any motorized help, leap from one rim of the Grand Canyon to the other, Lord? It’s impossible! It violates every natural law. Isn’t that how can appear for someone trying to “leap” across the chasm between their lifelong belief in lies and their first-time belief in Truth? Doesn’t such a …