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…
Life Comes Full Circle
There is a pattern emerging. Of God and life conspiring. Circling us back around for another look at something we’d rather not see. To a place we’d rather not go. Consider this… There are times when we can only realize our healing by going back for the miracle. What if… Going back isn’t always about Read more…
Season of Possibilities
This is the perfect opportunity to cultivate gratitude, in this season of possibilities. Green laces distant hills. Red buds swell. Orchards delight with sudden bloom. Treelines sport a colored crown. Green things push up from blackest dirt. Robins play tug-o-war with sleepy worms. Meadowlarks call ‘game over’ to darkest seasons past, and we welcome driving Read more…
Beautiful Things are Coming
I love this time of year, when everything is poised to burst. New birth is in the air. We feel it in our spirits. See it rising before our eyes. Within us joy flutters, sensing color is on its way back into the world. Hope stirs in seasons that cannot be contained. God’s Glory all around: Read more…
Give The Reins To God
Life begs of us to let go of the reins. To trust the One who holds all of existence in its orbit – contains the oceans in His hands. The One who beats your heart is the One who faithfully calls the sun to rise. He can be trusted. And it is He who plans your days. Read more…
The Miracle of Forgiveness
There are hard things in life that we must overcome. They chisel character and beauty into our souls if we allow. Some are easier than others to forgive. Forgiveness is a funny beast. Sometimes it slips in sideways, barely noticed as healing unfolds. Other times we must commit our will to march through to the Read more…
Enjoy The Ride Of Your Life
Have you ever felt so amazed at what God was up to in your life that you felt like you needed to be belted in for the ride? After such a long season of struggles, it can be difficult opening up, trusting that who and what comes is good, and kind, and for your benefit. Read more…
Just Do The One Next Thing
Are you tired? Sad? Broke? Broken? Ready for change but don’t know what to do? Years ago I learned the lesson of The One Next Thing. I was living in Chicago, focused on work, two and a half years into my dream of big city life. My soul was withering from lack of mountains and Read more…
Build Your Bridge
There are things waiting to be done. Things only we can do. There’s purpose in our callings – to help others get where they need to go. We are called to build a bridge. Others are waiting. They need our work complete. So persist. Don’t panic. Breathe. Pray. Trust the One who called you. It Read more…