In the post last week that I wrote about my boy, I shared some soul-searching questions that I was asking myself and praying through. As it turns out, these two questions got into my business in a way I wasn’t expecting:What decisions am I making in the flesh, independent of God?Am I making any choices based on fear, selfishness or comfort?Apparently my answer was yes. Yes, I… Read More
Archives for June 2014
one word wednesday: dunamis
dunamis (miraculous) power, might, strength, ability I’m having a hard time sitting down as I type. Revealing truth gets me all riled up, and this truth is certainly worth standing for. First, the verse: But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,… Read More
The story about the boy I didn’t know I wanted
My boy (my youngest) turned 6 last week, and I’ve found myself reeling in the reality of it. Like every mom, I wonder where the time went and how we’re here already, in the land of big-boy-ness. This year, as I thanked the Lord for another year with my boy, He gently reminded me about how we got here, and He took me back… Read More
One Word Wednesday: uphold
uphold to carry, to keep from falling, to maintain or support, to sustain The word jumped out at me as I read: He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. Hebrews 1:3 How can you not smile at these… Read More
One Word Wednesday: pour
Pour Pour: to send flowing or falling, to emit continuously or rapidly, to produce or utter in or as in a stream or flood Pour. But more specifically: Pour out. This is what I need. Every morning I wake up full. Full of flesh. Full of cares. Full of agenda. Full of me. When I’m full of myself,… Read More