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. […]
All That Glitters
There is a way that seems right to a man but its end is the way of death. -Proverbs 14:12 Above all else guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. -Proverbs 4:23 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? -Jeremiah 17:9 Pretty right? I LOVE […]
My defense
And they scolded her. But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me….she has done what she could.” -Mark 14: 5-6, 8 If you’re anything like me, you want to do a good job for Our Father and Jesus. We do our best to seek […]
Talitha Cumi
Taking her by the hand He said to her, “Talitha cumi,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.” – Mark 6:41 In my Word today, this passage was last to land, and it landed hard. I’m processing how it makes me feel, such a mixture and lacking clarity. Even so it feels personal; […]
Immediately
In the first two chapters of The Gospel According to Mark, the word “immediately” is used eight times, to describe eight different events. When John had baptized Jesus, he went to the wilderness immediately. The disciples He called went with Him immediately. Illness, demons, they fled immediately. Yes, Jesus leads us on a faith journey […]
Be Perfect
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the […]
Words
The Sovereign LORD has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed. The Sovereign LORD has opened my ears; I have not been rebellious, I have not turned away. Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not […]
It has to be me…right?
Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son -John 5:22 Yet it isn’t I who will accuse you before the Father -John 5:45 Neither do I condemn you. -John 8:11 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. -Romans 8:1 I’ve lived for some […]
Fill my cup, Lord
If I’ve not said so, a consistent aspect of my prayer life centers on asking The Lord to fill me up so I can pour back out on others. It’s very difficult to draw from an empty well and then offer people something refreshing. Without being specific about challenges I face on a daily basis…I […]
A subtle answer to prayer
I was a little discouraged during yesterday morning’s prayer time. If you know me you know the last couple of years have been the most challenging I can recall, as it has been for so many. It’s not just the soul crushing isolation…it’s knowing who I WAS before covid, and missing that girl terribly. Yesterday […]