I pray you find strength and hope through this concluding post in “A Better Story” series, written and shared by a guest blogger: A Fork in the Road: Entrusting my story to the Ultimate Storyteller Where do I go now that I have been forced to this fork in the road? How will I ever forgive ...
Week 24: A Better Story Pt. 3
A Better Story - Part 3 Doesn't Forgiveness Have Limits? A tall gentleman, donned in a long, beige, wool coat, slowly approached the Dutch speaker as her riveting message on forgiveness came to an end with a resounding applause. Corrie ten Boom shared her miraculously story of survival during the ...
Week 23: A Better Story Pt.2
A Better Story – Part 2 Digging Up the Destructive Root of Bitterness Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many. Hebrews 12:15b (NLT) I have yet to meet an individual who hasn’t navigated situations holding the capacity to sow seeds of bitterness ...
Week 22: A Better Story Pt. 1
Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him. Oh my people, trust in Him at all times. Pour out your heart to Him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:5,8 “A Better Story”. I heard these words bravely venture from the mouth of a woman I love. A woman who placed her last thread of ...
Week 21: The Partnership
I think I’ve misunderstood the will of God as something evasive, lofty and a bit terrifying. Now I realize it is more like a partnership. Jesus offers us His power (see last week’s post) and simply asks us to be attentive and responsive to his nudging. If we don’t ignore it, we will witness ...
Week 20: Positioned for Renewal
I wandered onto the beach near Florence, Oregon. The crashing waves and the song of the seagulls became a soundtrack to my imaginations. In the distance, I noticed an array of large, beach towels stretched on the warm sand. Walking closer, their identity emerged. Limp and lifeless kites basked in ...
Week 19: The Pathway to Purpose – from Shipwrecks to Snakebites
One might expect our journey towards God’s purposes would equate to smooth sailing on gentle waters. However, my journey into God’s purposes has been inter-woven with dark threads of pain: the death of a daughter, marital pain, miscarriage, loss of ministry and several relocations far from the ...
Week 18: Hard Decisions
We all have them. Decisions that carry a lot of weight. They could be financial decisions, geographical decisions, spiritual decisions, relational decisions. You know you’re facing a hard decision when it keeps you up at night wondering the right road to take. They can cause division in a home, ...
Week 17: Never Without Evidence
I purchased a notebook a couple years ago where I keep a list of sorts. I call it my Thanksgiving journal. To date I’ve listed #1792 gifts. The concept of listing these gifts that enter my life each day came to my attention through Ann Voskamp’s classic, One Thousand Gifts. The great big, Greek word ...
Week 16: Are You Experiencing a Set-back or a Set-up?
I’ve never met a person who doesn’t long to witness a miracle—blind eyes seeing, a lame person walking, a beloved friend healed of cancer. I’ve read, however, the pre- requisite to a miracle is a problem. You can’t have one without the other—and most of us are not lining up for more ...