Silence–The First Sign of Intimacy
As I sit here in my silent room with Barney, my cat, curled up on my lap, sides heaving in a silent purr, the sound of the dishwasher faithfully doing […]
As I sit here in my silent room with Barney, my cat, curled up on my lap, sides heaving in a silent purr, the sound of the dishwasher faithfully doing […]
This is a tricky one for me. I know this may sound odd, but I struggle with the word ‘obedience’ when it comes to religion. Here’s why. I grew up […]
The greatest need we have is not to do things but to believe things. —Oswald Chambers This says it all. Now, just BE, and LEAVE everything else up to Christ who […]
Today’s devotional really hit home today. It starts out like this, Isn’t it humiliating to be told that we must come to Jesus! —Oswald Chambers Then it goes on to […]
When you look at the doodle I did last year, representing the nature of sin, you can’t really tell who is the ‘good’ person or who is the ‘bad’ person. […]
I almost didn’t post my Galatians doodle because I didn’t want to miss out on having a doodle for every day from My Utmost. However, when I read the devotionals […]
Somehow yesterday I didn’t get anything posted–shame on me. The problem was, I didn’t realize until my devotions that I had veered ever so slightly away from My Utmost For […]
Have you ever noticed how no matter how deep, stinky, or stuck we are in the gunk of life–we really don’t want to get out of it if it requires […]
I can’t tell you how many times in my life that I’ve faced an “impossible” situation, only to have it miraculously dissolve, untangle, disappear, smash to the ground, be resolved, […]
Because nobody else is dwelling on the mountain with you–if they are, you don’t usually rub shoulders–that’s why! Valley living is relational, everyday, commonplace activities–challenging to our faith and our […]