Category: Courage

Burn the ships

I’ve made some pretty major life decisions over the last year, and I find myself being questioned on occasion about if I’m being too ambitious, or if I’m perhaps over-reacting to the life-situations that have come to a head. For years, I’ve thought I was irrational, hypersensitive and overreactive, causing me to question my feelings, […]

Thrashing 

Sharing differently today; I couldn’t sleep the other night and this came out, almost a dream but not quite…still I feel like there’s something to learn here, so I’m putting it out there hoping it reveals itself. THIS morning I got to thinking about old antique cars on tracks, the false sense of control when […]

Isolation

Ever felt isolated? Been feeling isolated and it’s been a minute? Yeah. People have been telling me to get comfortable being by myself. I mean, I get what they’re saying, but humans were made for fellowship, and one of the first accessible observations God made was that it wasn’t good for man to be alone. […]

He can tell

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. -Ephesians 6:12 KJV Ever heard, typically in a church setting, and I paraphrase, “Man, your life sucks right now because the Devil is after you! He knows […]

New Wine

“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins- and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.” Mark 2:22 Refining. Discipline. Sifting. Let’s be honest, obedience can be really, really hard. I found myself wondering recently why […]

What I know > What I don’t know

But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect -1 Peter 3:15 I think sometimes, especially Christians, think that we need to know all the answers. That […]

Affirmations

This may come as a surprise…but sometimes I question myself. I know. It’s crazy but it’s true. 😉 I can’t tell you how often I ask my Father to show me the parts of myself He wants to refine and the parts He’d like to grow. I ask that anything hindering my vision be cleared […]

For I am convinced

Prayer time today.  I told God that I knew I could do nothing apart from Him, that in Him I live and move and have my being (Acts 17:28).  I asked Him what we were going to do with a situation we’ve found ourselves in.  Then I admitted that I was really asking what HE […]

Was the first one brave?

Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. Luke 12:27 As this summer progresses, I’m eternally grateful for the way Our Father continues to demonstrate His heart, and ours, through His creation’s cry. This […]