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Do we believe God is good only when He does what we want? Lately I’ve been pondering this question and the concept of conditional belief. How often my lips whisper, “I know I can trust you,” when my mind conjures, if you give me what I prayed for. In fact, I find the simple trust a child …
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To live the life of faith, one must release the human compulsion to know, to figure it all out, to select the most secure path, step-by-step. To know how life will unfold in any given situation To know the purpose of every endeavor To reduce the risks at all costs To guarantee success As I …
Have circumstances ever challenged your trust? You find yourself in a battle to believe, as worry wipes away all evidence of grace. I have! READ THE ENTIRE POST...
“It doesn’t matter if anyone else understands. You do, and that’s all that matters to me.” The words stir my mind; a mind transfixed on silence. Only the refrigerator’s hum fills the still as I’m thinking… What would it be like if I were alone, every evening, in an endless string of solitudes? Silence, the womb …
Sometimes life’s circumstances whisk us away, up and into the air like leaves floating, always floating, directionless, lost, tumbling leaves of living carried by winds of change. At other times, the backdraft of someone’s choices sucks us into circumstances that bat us around until we bruise in heart and mind. Even when winds of healthy …
Yesterday, I attended a memorial for my uncle Theo. Theo’s life inspired so many of his family and friends, and so one by one people shared delightful stories about this amazing man. Then in the middle of the message, the pastor read these words, “Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of …
God’s Spirit cannot be controlled nor marketed, like so much of life is these days. A wild, snapping wind, this unseen power defies human will, sliding through grasping fingers and roaming freely. The best we, who profess to believe, can do is to try to follow, create, and love completely. We attempt to follow the …
What if trust was like purse strings one could loosen until the leathery pouch of belief lay open to receive divine-gold coins? What if those gold coins clinked as they landed on the inside, the velvety vulnerability we humans call the heart? And in the clinking, we could absorb confidence in a Creator who cares …
I’ve heard it said that depression is anger turned inwards, but I wonder whether depression often blankets my soul when change is in the air. Perhaps I’m out of sync with my Savior and the darkness of mind is an indication that I need to listen more intently. Maybe my path needs to alter and …
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