Last weekend as we settled into being home, we started spring cleaning early. As the boys helped their dad make a campfire, the brush was smoking into the sky. They all started to call me over to see. “Mom look.” “I see, there is a lot of smoke” “No look.” I almost stayed where Read more
Out the window everything looks the same. The sun is still rising and the are flowers still blooming and yet everything feels different. As I drove to the grocery store yesterday, I mentally prepared. Normally as I drive, I am running through the things I need to buy. During this drive my checklist had changed.
Journaling can be used in many ways and for many reasons. There is no prescribed structure to correct journaling. My goal is to help you learn how to use journaling as worship. Since it is free flowing, for us to discuss how to use journaling as worship we need to have a common language to
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As we learn more about God we will eventually come to a crossroad. Some have faced this question long ago and some have been wrestling with it with each new revelation of who God says we are. The question is, do we want to be who He says we are or do we want
Am I righteous? Does God say I am righteous? Does He know me? Can He see me yell at my kids? Now you try – does He see me (fill in the blank)? We have discussed that we are known and seen in the post “I am Known.” However, we revisit these questions because
In the last post we talked about being loved by God. One of the biggest acts of love God has done for us is to forgive us. How is forgiveness really possible? What are we asking for when we ask to be forgiven? As we head to our topic of justification, we are going to
I’d like to invite you into my thoughts from a morning several years ago where God used my child to teach me of the love He has for me. Today as I sat watching my children play, my son (a toddler before speech) caught my eye
In the preceding chapters, I have mentioned several times of sin and the need that it presents in our lives. We have seen that sin requires justice and therefore punishment. However, sometimes we can’t see our sin clearly. I have often found myself hiding in this fog, unable or unwilling to see my own sin.
The wavering in my faith was the biggest struggle that I have dealt in my life. This hidden struggle was a lonely road and I chose to take it alone. Though God knew all that was going on in my heart, I held even Him at a distance. I didn’t invite Him in to my