Doing Life Together

Take delight in the Lord,and he will give you the desires of your heart.Psalm 37:4 (NIV) Dear Jesus, some days I’m tempted to just grasp at whatever I think will make me happy, and some of those choices have been pretty goofy. Sometimes they are downright sinful. But...

Annoying Behaviors

Love is patient, love is kind.It does not envy, it does not boast,it is not proud.1 Corinthians 13:4 (NIV) Jesus, when I see the story of me play out each day, it sometimes makes me wince. I start out as a hero and then in the midst of daily troubles I become the...

Doing Christmas Right

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.Isaiah 9:6 (NIV) This year Christmas became a blurring whirl of shopping and...

So Little to Offer…And Yet

Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”John 6:8-9 (NIV) There are days when I feel I have nothing left to give, Lord. To my family, my...

The Hairs on My Head

And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.Matthew 10:30 (NIV) Jesus, amazingly, You have all the hairs counted on my head. You knew me inside my mother’s womb, because You made me. You know my every struggle, and You collect every tear in a bottle. You...

Leaning Only on You

Trust in the Lord with all your heartand lean not on your own understanding;in all your ways submit to him,and he will make your paths straight.Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV) Lord, I tend to hold onto lifeless trees. I mean they appear solid when I lean on them. I look up to...

Pin It on Pinterest