Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be yours as well. –Matthew 6:33 Nothing allows my old nature to rear its ugly head like lack of sleep. The last few days, my husband has experienced unrelenting pain — the kind that only lets him Read more…
It started with the death of a lizard – a gecko, actually. We have bugs in our house. The big kind you can hear coming, or the kind that try to sing you to sleep at night. My tendency is to smash first and think about the consequences later. This Read more…
Sitting in Nashville International Airport, the strains of an acoustic guitarist crooning the sweet melodies of my college days mix with the urgent advice of diligent gate agents and the innumerable half-conversations around me, I am overwhelmed by the abundance of God’s mercy toward me. The last few days have Read more…
What would happen if I stopped judging myself? What if I just aimed to please God? I wouldn’t have to worry about how many actual people saw my posts, or listened to my music. If my aim in writing is to see my Papa-God smile, it doesn’t (and won’t) matter Read more…
I was listening to a CD by Graham Cooke on rest. He pointed out that the first thing God and newly-made Adam did together was to rest. I need to learn that from God…how to rest. I would have loved to see Adam and God resting together: God showing him Read more…
For the last week-and-a-half, I have had the joyous, challenging, and exhausting privilege of leading a group of nearly 30 teens and adults to prepare for and present a series of short continuing-story dramas for a week-long children’s event. (That is why there was no post last week.) This is Read more…
So…what if the way I have approached repentance is upside down? What if being transformed into the likeness of Jesus is not about me listing all my sins, grieving deeply enough over them, coming up with a strategy to distance myself from them and all the situations that provide temptation? Read more…
I have a leaf-hopper problem. They are not usually a big enough issue for the “insects of the garden” book to give more than a nod to dealing with them. But they ruined last year’s grape crop. Instead of the hundred pounds I expected, I got about twenty-five, if that. Read more…
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be yours as well. — Matthew 6:33 First, I must apologize for failing to get a post out last week. I take my (self-imposed) deadlines seriously, and had started a post but ran out of time Read more…
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be yours as well. — Matthew 6:33 Jesus does not tell us to produce His righteousness, but to seek it, search for it, go after it. In fact, the command “Be holy as I am holy,” actually means: Read more…