When the Lord isn’t willing and the hardwoods have to go
So, when the Lord's not willing, and the week's been chopped up down to the concrete, pour yourself a cup of tea and run a bubble bath and cry into the suds if you have to.
Falling Forward Into Arms of Grace to Finish. The. Race.
How many beautiful moments have I stared into the rearview mirror so desperate, so broken, that I had to stop moving forward as my knees buckled in disgrace?
In Pursuit
Living in joy is the only way to pursue happiness.
Stocking Up in the Land of Plenty
First published as part of the series, Manna, Quail, and Breast Milk Please read Exodus 16 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you. Deuteronomy 8:3-5 At first glance, God’s provision for the Israelites in the wilderness is astonishing,…
Two feet in the Promised Land (What a difference a year makes)
Today’s post deserves a soundtrack: A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: “Get a grip on things. Hold tight, you who are listening to what I say through the preaching of the prophets. The Temple of God-of-the-Angel-Armies has been reestablished. The Temple is being rebuilt. We’ve come through a hard time: You worked for a pittance and were lucky to get that; the streets were dangerous; you could never let down your guard; I had turned the world into an armed camp. But things have changed. I’m taking the side of my core of surviving people: Sowing and harvesting will resume, Vines will grow grapes, Gardens will flourish, Dew and rain will make…
