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The people that God chooses to work through are usually the ones that are available. Talent is wonderful and should absolutely be used to glorify God but maybe too often we get caught up on what we feel like we have (or don’t have) to offer the Lord instead of what He wants us toContinue reading “Abilities”

Submission is an antagonistic word in a society that chases power and pleasure. For the non-believer, it sounds illogical. Why would someone willingly deny themself if they believe that this life is all there is? Even for the follower of Christ, the thought of choosing God’s way instead of our own can feel difficult. WeContinue reading “Foolish Submission”

I love worship, especially corporate worship with fellow believers. I love listening to the music fill the sanctuary, hearing my friends’ voices raised in song, and seeing hands raised in praise and adoration of the only One who is worthy of our praise. But lately, I’ve been thinking about how I want my worship toContinue reading “Worship.”

I’m not raising Barbie girls. I’m not trying to teach them to be obsessed with looking perfect, having the most friends, or having the best job. My prayers for them go far beyond flawless skin and millions of followers. I’m raising strong women who find their strength from the God they serve not the amountContinue reading “No Barbie Girls”

Tomorrow can feel so heavy when you try to carry it today. His mercies that were new this morning were meant for today not to solve the problem of tomorrow’s sunrise. And just like Israel in the wilderness, if we try to gather enough provision for today and tomorrow, we will only find ourselves withContinue reading “Tomorrow.”

There is a tendency within this human heart to become complacent in times of ease. When life is smooth sailing, my heart whispers lies that I am capable of controlling my own boat, that I can depend on myself. It’s a story we see repeated time and again in the Old Testament as God’s peopleContinue reading “The God of the Empty and the Full”

There’s a familiar story found in Mark where four men bring their paralyzed friend to Jesus. When there is no way for them to enter the home he was in, they climb up onto the roof, cut an opening in the top and let their friend down through the hole to Jesus. Mark 2 tellsContinue reading “Friends”

It’s easy to find my self chasing peace – a way to cope with stress, anxiety, fears, life. But rather than chasing the source of peace, too often I find myself chasing the feeling of peace. It’s that feeling that comes when all is right in my world – the feeling when the bills areContinue reading

The Lord told me to move and so I started walking, one foot after another. I took step after step. But when I looked down the path He told me to follow, a mountain stood in my way. I could see it, far ahead, cutting off the path He told me to walk. “Let’s goContinue reading “The Mountain”

It is easy for my heart to become weary, sometimes because of the weight of this life and sometimes because of the weight of the ugliness I allow inside. Things like pettiness, jealousy, pride, anger. Weights that go by names such as comparison and fear, insecurity and shame. These weights become heavy cargo on theContinue reading “This Heart”