Today is the beginning of Lent. For the next 40 days, we sacrifice – give up something that we enjoy or gives us some kind of a reward. You don’t have to be Catholic to participate. When I was a kid I gave up chocolate. In adult life I’ve given up coffee, wine, sugar, yeast, Read more…
Joy in Trials
God wants us to remember… He is God. He is Able. And He is near. He already has a way through all that now confronts us. But we must give it into His Hands. So be still. Let go. And follow where He leads. Find Joy in trials by drawing near to Him. For in Read more…
Cultivating Willingness
If after a long season of prayer, the thing we’ve asked for arrives and we find ourselves resisting it, it’s time to pray for willingness. We are asked to do what we do not want to do: serve our time to complete the goal, go through the pain to be healed, get our hands dirty and our Read more…
Wait
This is a time of waiting. So NOT what I wanted to be doing. Led here by the winding path of hope and heartache, along the journey expecting answers. Restless, ready for change. Instead it’s hot and sticky, another holding pen of God. Training ground of patience and perseverance. Letting go. I don’t like waiting Read more…