Sometimes one verse, even one phrase, has enough fodder for adoration that I could stay there for days. This one has been more like weeks… And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6** Counselor....
Winter is descending on Kansas City and December brings with it the shadow of hope that a season might warm me. But the Lights and traditions and the warmth which comes from deep-heart celebration are ancillary. I have to find the heat source, says my heart, after the...
Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you. Psalm 55:22 Sometimes I breathe them so often, they feel like they are a part of me. It seems like one tangled mess to pull my fears and the pain they inflict apart and out of from who You have made me to be. But...
Some days I can’t get over the beauty hiding behind every corner of life with these four former orphans. “Thank you, God, that you sent my Mommy and Daddy to Ethiopia to get me,” she whispered, head buried in her hands. And I swelled. We sat at a...
I can’t add more to God. My words — even the most God-inspired of them — are like a drop of water in the ocean of His depth. As I sit down to write my Monday morning adoration, the praise that’s been bouncing around in my head for days, I feel...
Psalm 34:1-2 I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.** What is there that calls for a continuous response? A response, over and over and over again, that doesn’t leave me feeling tired or stripped-dry? You. You call me to...
