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You Have Permission For This
There’s a distinct point of time when I snap.
I don’t mean that I snap my fingers to a happy chorus. Nope.
I mean I snap like a dry twig. You can almost hear the cartoon-like crraaack.
My patience runs out. My face contorts. My tone hovers somewhere between irritable and infuriated. My words range from snarky to ...
Perfect Love Holds Us Through It All
“Sometimes God allows what He hates to accomplish what He loves.”
Those compelling words were shared by a woman who plummeted to the depths of suffering. Yet she did not allow the waves of pain to drown her. Instead, she chose to let God lift her from the bottom of that sea of despair.
Joni Eareckson Tada ...
When Shame Keeps You In Hiding
As part of an online accountability group for a "healthy lifestyle," I’ve signed up for a few fairly awkward things. For one, I tell a group of about 20 people how much I weigh every day. Thankfully, others on the group “weigh in” too (literally speaking) so it’s not overly embarrassing.
Other things we do include ...
The Sound Of Stillness—A Silent Saturday Reflection
The Sound Of Stillness
Saturday interjects a pause;
Friday laments suffering
Anguish and death,
Sunday proclaims wonder
Joy and life,
Saturday stands still, but He still speaks—
Even in the silence.
Saturday holds space for grief;
It doesn’t hasten us to “move on.”’
It gives us permission
To mourn,
To doubt,
To weep—
Even as we wrestle.
Saturday reminds us of the truth;
The God of the Sabbath
Directs our hearts
To be ...
What Does It Mean To Love God?—A Maundy Thursday Reflection
As I knelt by my bed and reflected on the Cross this week, I felt compelled to respond to God’s incredible love and sacrifice. My eyes brimmed with tears as I thought about that ponderous, numbingly horrendous journey Jesus took to Golgotha. Without a doubt, my heart was moved and my spirit was stirred
I pulled ...
Start With One Small Step
As I look out the window of the living room of my 9th-floor apartment, my heart skips a beat. A little girl, about three or four years old, stands on the 6th floor of a building under construction next door to us. Her mom bends over the cement blocks a couple of feet away from ...
Two Words God Laid On My Heart
I sometimes find myself standing before God 's throne like I’m at a Chinese fast food stall at a mall's food court waiting to get served.
Let me explain.
I can approach Bible reading like I’m there to get Hakka noodles and sweet and sour chicken plopped on my plate and say a quick, “Thank You, God," ...
You Don’t Have To Give In
For my daughter’s fourteenth birthday last year, she invited a few of her friends to an escape room. For the uninitiated, an escape room or mystery room is essentially an entertainment option where you pay good, hard-earned money to be trapped in a small space for an hour.
I’m kidding. While I’ve only gone to an ...
Is Gratitude Really That Important?
Have you ever had one of those mundane, ordinary days when everything is slow and predictable, and then, wham, something hits you out of nowhere?
I was going about my day, on schedule with my to-do’s and appointments, when I get a phone call from the nurse at my kids’ school.
Every parent knows that’s a call ...
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