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    Banality and Belief

    Exercising faith is not a walk in the park-- even for someone like me who is always in church, praying, and reading the Bible. I’ll speak for myself and say that, despite what I know I think it’s often hard to maintain faith, to exalt it above what I see, hear, and feel because these things often feel more real. But…

    Unusual Faith, Unusual Times

    "The just shall live by faith." ** There is a faith that perseveres through all sorts of challenges and difficulties. You must hang on to that faith. There’s a faith that perseveres through the nearly impossible; you must hang on to that faith. There’s a faith that stands immovable when everything is falling…

    Convinced

    Ten days into the new month, and what can I say about faith?    The convictions that you have in your heart stir up great opposition. Coming to Christ, a lot of people talk about the things they gave up, walked away from, and even hid because God was calling them to something different.     Abraham was called out from…

    Stretch Your Faith

    He will not let your foot slip-- he who watches over you will not slumber.. Psalm121:3 ** Trust is sometimes required where one may not yet have evidence of the other party having come through. Your faith must take that initial step—making a decision that your feelings are not convinced of, but that you know is right.…

    A New Month, A New Mindset

    Happy New Month! About 2 or 3 birthdays ago I was feeling restless, and I was praying for something different. I wasn’t sure what I meant by it, but my life felt routine and predictable: I was doing the same things, complaining about the same things, frustrated by the same things. I know that when I feel that deep dis…

    Hope Against Hope

    My experience of God is that He doesn’t follow a 3 step plan, or a 10 step plan in which you are seeing him move at each junction. Often, the closer you get to a looming deadline, the deadness of silence is disorienting. A flood of panic rushes over you, intent to drown you. I don’t have a solution for this place ot…

    A Little Reminder

    I remember a year after I’d started my job, I was offered the chance to train new people to the same position. I didn’t think that     I was capable. I remembered how I initially struggled in the role, so I refused.     But my supervisor insisted that I do it, so I took     a chance and I’m glad that I did. That opp…

    Hidden Things

    I wrote a blog post some months ago, and as I was scrolling through my archives looking for something to post today, I read it—and it ministered to me. Part of taking responsibility for the things that are assigned to you is understanding that they do not require the consent of a crowd. Sometimes, you’ll find yoursel…

    Role Model

    I don’t go out of my way to be a role model.     Why? When I was in school, teachers liked to throw that word around a lot. And if you’re the older kids, that word is the stick used to keep you in line. Initially, it felt good, because it acknowledged us as capable of making good decisions. We weren’t fully adults y…

    Teach Us To Be Courageous

    I’ve stated in a few blog posts that people are not who they seem, that nothing is as it seems. And I was reminded of that again in the past couple of days. I’ve joked with some friends that children have good boundaries—because the same child who’s loving on you one day won’t want you the next day. It’s at their beh…

    Rest

    I feel like I don’t have much to say today. There isn’t anything that I haven’t said that I want to say or expand on necessarily. I hate days like this. I’m still personally working through this identity stuff. I wrote on shame the other week; I am sti…

    A House of Many Vessels

    "A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use. So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honour: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work." 2 Timo…

    Letting Go Of Shame

    Finding out that I have been incubating feelings of shame has been sobering. Sobering, because how I see myself is in direct opposition to a person who is held bound in shame. I don’t hold a low opinion of myself and my worth. Though I thought more highly of myself when I was younger, I still hold myself in high reg…

    Lies

    There is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.  Luke 8:17 ** Lies. If I could compile all the lies and make them into a bonfire…. Lies steal something. If you are a liar, you’re not too distant from a thief. You take things that do not b…

    Conviction

    Sight is a function of the eyes, but vision is the function of the heart.   Myles Munroe  ***      If you don’t choose the life that you want, someone else will choose the life that you’ll live. If you are passive about your life, you’ll suffer the life that someone chooses for you. If the faith you have is only in wo…

    Believe In Yourself Now More Than Ever

    If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint" then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.  Vincent Van Gogh  *** ** You have to believe in yourself, you know. You have to believe in yourself for yourself and for the fulfillment of the path that is set before you.     You can’t worry a…

    Focus Is Required For What Is Before You

    The ability to focus is a defining characteristic of successful individuals.” – Brian Tracy ****   Focus on what you have to do, not what is happening around you.  It’s not that you don’t know what to do; it’s that your attention is split, and you are distracted by unnecessary things.  Take back what is yours; take ba…