Psalm 126:1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed [again]! I scribbled this verse onto a piece of paper and taped it onto the wall in our bathroom during a time when Gary and I were navigating deep pain in our marriage. Though the odds were stacked ...
When God Carves a Pathway
Psalm 77:19 ~ Your road led through the sea, your pathway through the mighty waters—a pathway no one knew was there! According to the prophet Isaiah, God taps the desert sand of our soul and streams spring forth (Isaiah 35:6). He carves roadways of escape into the oceans of impossibility that ...
Riding Tandem – Part 3 of “The Pursuit of a Fruitful Life”
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5 NLT Once. Only once! In my early twenties. I experienced the adventure of riding, what the famous 1892 song coined, "A Bicycle Built for Two". Riding on ...
Never Beyond Repair
I spent a couple of hours recently in the office of an orthopedic surgeon with a hamstring injury that had developed into a chronic inhibitor of fun. One of the first questions the doctor asked me was, "When did this injury occur?" After recounting the original sports injury in 2004, the doctor ...
Your Life… Sharing the Sweet Gift
I'm not certain how it happened, but I am alert that a change is taking place in me. Following the good news that the fast-growing mass in my body was nothing more than a benign nuisance, I was certain I'd live with renewed speed toward the swift accomplishment of my goals and dreams. Instead, the ...
Always Good
Covering her left eye, she ran into the house, her long braids whipping hard across her back. Hunting for her mom, she cried out, "Mom, I've got something stuck in my eye.” It appeared to be a small white fleck, stuck firmly to the outer corner of her eye. This stubborn irritant wouldn't ...
Don’t Wanna Get My Hopes Up
How many times have we heard those words…or thought them... or whispered them to ourselves, or casually admitted them to a friend, as if it’s noble or even God-honoring to keep one’s hope suppressed and one's expectations low? My life has been in, what I would call, a holding pattern for ...
SPEND MORE…on the good stuff
Have you noticed the media buzz around the notion of reducing New Year's Resolutions down to a one theme word? This word replaces that long, often forgotten and hard-to-keep list of resolutions and is intended to envelop all your aspirations for a new year. Some of the favorites across our ...
Show Me the Way
(photo credit: www.gettyimages.com) Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take. Proverbs 3:5-6 Generally, I’m quite eager to run to God for wisdom concerning major decisions in my life. As a ...
Bigger than….
Fred was nearing retirement. He had worked for the car industry for over 30 years. The economy had forced the termination of hundreds of faithful employees...painful for both the failing industry as well as the individuals whose families suffered from the impact of lost employment. An additional ...