“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God.” John 1:2 Though I can sink into feeling severed from Your family line, ashamed and bearing heavy burdens — same old burdens that wear my skin thin in the same old...
“In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” John 1:4 Your life is my light. When darkness threatens me, Your light – in the form of Your life – steadies me. When death seeks to write its name over my life and my children’s lives, big and small, Your life...
“I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and justice, in lovingkindness and mercy; I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, and you shall know the Lord. ” Hosea 2:19-20 Your words to Israel are for me, too. I, too, hold...
It happened. I knew it would. I’d been here before. The most beautiful part of waiting is receiving His response after your heart chose expectation instead of fear. I’ve been in both shoes, frequently, and choosing the former always makes the bitter taste...
He is their strength in the time of trouble. Psalm 37:39** When I am not, You are. Where I fail, You perfect. I teeter and You stand, bold, strong. I fold, crumple and weep when poked and prodded by life’s mishaps — and You scoop me up and sing over me....
“For our God is a consuming fire” Hebrews 12:29. It quietly tugged at me from where I’d scribbled it in my moleskine journal as I re-directed her vegetable-peeling strokes in the direction away from my Bible, already stained cucumber green. This...
