When we sense God’s call, we often expect fulfilling the call will be an easy task. Nothing could be further from the truth. Maybe you’re dragging your feet in pursuing an assignment from the Lord. Have you sensed some type of call on your life? Maybe to start a...
How are you tending to your soul garden during these chaotic times? The world seems to be spinning out of control with wars, injustice, division and hopelessness. Distractions are invading our lives at greater acceleration. Finding true peace and joy seems to be more...
So you want to experience God’s presence but aren't even sure He exists? You’ve heard people say that God still speaks and wonder what planet are they from...Jupiter, perhaps? You’re a skeptic, a doubting Thomas. But you also wonder if you're missing something. Photo...
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe choice is ours: remain in prison or pursue freedom.
The Teacher said, "God has dealt a tragic existence to the human race. I observed everything going on under the sun and really, it is all meaningless⏤like chasing the wind." Ecclesiastes 1:13-14 Don't you feel like this could be a current news headline⏤"It's all...
Jeremiah was called to be a prophet at a young age and served the Lord for more than 40 years. God had been calling His people back to Himself, but they had been resistant. God wanted His people to avoid the coming disaster and sent Jeremiah to plea with the people....
We've all faced it, that nagging feeling when I am afraid⏤the feeling of helplessness and overwhelm. We all find ourselves in situations that will cause us to be fearful. Maybe for some, it's the concern about a loved one, either a child or a parent. For others,...
Genesis 18 fits into the narrative concerning Abraham and his travels in the land of Canaan. It is nestled between the birth of Ishmael (the son of slavery) and the birth of Isaac (the son of the promise). Genesis 18:16-33 describes how Abraham interceded for Sodom,...
Psalms are nothing more than songs to the Lord. In Psalm 66, the psalmist praises the Lord for the many ways he sees God at work in his midst. But as the psalmist praises the Lord for what He has done and for how He has protected the people, he recognizes his...
What hinders you as you work so hard to achieve your commitments? What gets in the way? Why do we stray off the path of pursuing our greatest dreams and desires? And how can we get back on track and remained focused? Commitments can be as simple as heeding that...
I was invited to share a Bible teaching about prayer for a fellow blogger, Jessie, who writes "Pray with Confidence." Below is an excerpt from that teaching. You can find the full teaching at Pray with Confidence. I’m so glad the story of the Shunammite woman is...
Do you feel like you keep getting the busy signal when you try and connect with the Lord? Are you asking the question, "where are you, God?" Have you experienced the all alone feeling, where nobody 'gets' you? Are the challenges you face causing you to feel like you...
Is your life chaotic like mine sometimes feels? Chaos and feelings of being unsettled surround our daily lives. When we are unsettled, how can we move beyond these feelings? How can we get a grip on ourselves? The first step, which is always the hardest, is to admit...
Sometimes God whispers in the dark and then sometimes He screeches through the call of the Limpkin. God desires we pay attention when He whispers just as much as when He shouts through creation. We moved to Florida in December 2019. Luckily we found a home to rent and...
You are on this earth for a reason. You were born for a purpose. You've heard it before. Have you thought about your life's purpose? What are you investing your life in today? Are you playing your one life melody or just discordant noise? Pause and consider that you...
It's been said 'perspective is everything.' Does your perspective affect how you live? You might say what difference does it make what my perspective is. One definition of "perspective" according to Merriam-Webster is "the capacity to view things in their true...
Life can be turbulent and cause us to feel scattered and fill us with inner turmoil. Getting unstuck is difficult. Everything around us can appear to be falling apart or is scattered beyond our ability to connect the pieces. Sometimes these feelings take up residence...