Our disappointment causes us to guard our hearts and the hearts of those around us by lowering levels of expectation and, ultimately, faith. Until you get real with God about your disappointment, you will struggle to really believe the truth about who He is, and it will be difficult to live with expectations in your […]
Psalm 37: He Won’t Leave Me.
A few years ago, I did a Beth Moore study through the Psalms of Ascent (120-133), and it quickly become a really needed study for me, as well as the friends I studied it with, for many different reasons, but the biggest one was this: rewriting the psalms we studied—making them personal. She led us […]
dream with Me, daughter
Last night, I sat at house fellowship and could not stop crying. Which isn’t at all unusual, if you know me, but the steady stream of tears caught me off guard because my words seemed to fall so short of how I was feeling. I couldn’t seem to say more than a few words for […]
easter reflections.
This Saturday: the darkest day in history. When all seemed lost and defeated. When the enemy was assured of victory and the disciples were grieved with loss. A day of silence. A day of darkness. And He will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples the veil that is […]
And we are these orphans
“In You the orphan finds mercy.” [Hosea 14.3] And we are these orphans, forsaken by the false fathers we crafted, in need of the mercy You alone can give. We are these orphans, who flee Your pursuit, the one who alone can save & secure us again. We are these orphans, desperate and dying of […]
find me
Find me in the place where I want to run Where my feet are poised To take off Because they refuse to be planted Planted upon the plan, The plan my own strength demands Find me in this place where my soul refuses to be comforted My feet have slipped My eyes pour forth tears […]