When I stop to think about it, I’m amazed that Jesus - the One who existed before the world began, the Highest Name above all names - also chooses to be the One who walks alongside me. But He does! There’s a beautiful example of this in Luke 24:13-35. Two disciples were walking to Emmaus on the day of Jesus’ resurrection.[...]
As I faced a full day to clean and prepare for guests, the hours stretched out with potential. I needed a list to keep me on track. I flipped over an empty envelope and began writing the tasks I could do. The chores I listed weren’t all necessary for entertaining that evening, but I had so many hours… I had plenty of time![...]
Have you ever been forgotten? Missed birthday cards? Stood up on a date? Bus didn’t come? Your name misplaced by a colleague? Overlooked in a crowd? Somewhere, somehow, it has happened to all of us. Even if it was completely by accident, can you remember the sting? It might have only been for a moment - but can you bring the[...]
Jesus responded, “Beloved daughter, your faith in Me released your healing. Go with My peace.” Luke 8:43 (TPT). In just a few verses, this woman enters the text unnamed, labelled unclean, treated as an outcast, and leaves healed and made whole; from rejected to belonging, under the law to covered by grace. She has suffered[...]
For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:10 (ESV). This scripture is a challenging one for me. To say I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities would be a stretch. To b[...]
“Watch your words and hold your tongue; you’ll save yourself a lot of grief.” Proverbs 21:23 (MSG). We have all been misunderstood. We get frustrated by wrong judgments and decisions based on wrong information. Yet often, these moments are some of our most defining, not because of what was said, but because of our respons[...]
But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.” 31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him… Matthew 14: 30 – 31a (ESV). How often are we in a storm in life, and all we can see is the winds and the waves, and we are terrified - the storm is taking up all[...]
"If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness", 1 John 1:8-9(ESV). Since the beginning of time, deception has been a problem for humans. We read in the Bible of many instances of dece[...]
“Owwww!” was my loud response as I looked down at my cracked nail. With the thick, hard gel coating, trickling blood was a notable sign of trauma. I was in a hurry. I had an upcoming appointment that afternoon, and I was preparing the condo for guests expected shortly afterward. While retrieving the cleaning cloth needed fo[...]
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understand; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV). I tend to be decisive when ordering at a restaurant, but I always seem to have the most indecisive friends. I have developed the habit of helping my "indecisive[...]