Liquid Words

Liquid Words

Lord, you know all my desires and deepest longings. My tears are liquid words, and you can read them all. Psalm 38:9 (TPT) Life is not always pleasant, happy or fulfilling. Sometimes seasons are challenging, devastating and even just sad. We can find ourselves in the...
Looking God’s Direction

Looking God’s Direction

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud. I Corinthians 13:4 Relationship is a two-way street. It is a conversation, an interaction between two people. The closer we grow together, the dynamics of the relationship change. Love alters how we...
The Pressure to Bend

The Pressure to Bend

Come and kneel before this Creator-God; come and bow before the mighty God, our majestic maker! Psalm 95:6 (TPT) We live in a world obsessed with being seen, liked, and believed. What was once limited to newspaper society pages, whispers exchanged at parties, or...
Obsessed with the When, Missing the Why

Obsessed with the When, Missing the Why

What joy and blessing will come to that faithful servant when the master comes home to find him serving with excellence! Matthew 24:46 (TPT) Ever since the disciples walked with Jesus in Jerusalem, Christians have wanted to know when He will return. We feel a strong...
Let’s Talk About What We’re Missing

Let’s Talk About What We’re Missing

For if you keep seeking it like a man would seek for sterling silver, searching in hidden places for cherished treasure, then you will discover the fear of the Lord and find the true knowledge of God. . . For the Lord has a hidden storehouse of wisdom made accessible...
What is Taking Up Space in Your Heart?

What is Taking Up Space in Your Heart?

Guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23 What’s Happening Outside Your Front Door? Have you noticed that the world can be dangerous? We often look outside our front door or at the scary city on the news and imagine evil is only there....
Love Waits…

Love Waits…

So although Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, he stayed where he was for the next two days. John 11:5-6 Love Waits… If you have ever read the account of Lazarus in John 11, you know that it has a rough beginning but ends well. Lazarus’ sisters, Mary...
Don’t Confuse Unfinished with Over

Don’t Confuse Unfinished with Over

And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. Philippians 1:6 Unfinished Projects I have a history of unfinished projects; some are best left incomplete, but...
Do You Need a Hero?

Do You Need a Hero?

Look upon all my misery and come be my hero to rescue me, for I will never forget what you’ve revealed to me. Psalm 119:153 Who is Your Favorite Super-Hero? In this crazy world, everyone is looking for a hero, someone who will swoop in and save the day and end...
Do You Love What I Love?

Do You Love What I Love?

For you reach into my heart. With one flash of your eyes, I am undone by your love, my beloved, my equal, my bride. You leave me breathless—I am overcome by merely a glance from your worshiping eyes, for you have stolen my heart. I am held hostage by your love and by...
The Promise Is Full of Promise


The Promise Is Full of Promise


For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding “Yes!” And through Christ, our “Amen” (which means “Yes”) ascends to God for his glory. 2 Corinthians 1:20 Yes, I’m about to talk about Jesus and...
What is Provoking You?

What is Provoking You?

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am with you. Then Peter called to him, “Lord, if it’s really you, tell me to come to you, walking on the water.” “Yes, come,” Jesus said. So Peter went over the side of the boat and...
I Will Sit With You

I Will Sit With You

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10 Discovering God in the middle of our hardest choices What if God’s answer to your struggle...
Maybe God Likes to Wait

Maybe God Likes to Wait

Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made. Genesis 2:8 A Plant on the Porch
 I really enjoy growing things. These days I am limited to a decorative pot on my porch. In that very pot, I have a perennial flower that...
Are We There Yet?

Are We There Yet?

Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for his miraculous power constantly...