Showing posts from June, 2025
As the first six months of the year are wrap up, I can’t believe how fast time is moving. I feel that there’s so much to do—and not enough time. I need to do some reflection and prepare for the coming month. But I want to challenge myself. And I think the first challenge is it reconsider how I think about time. God h…
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anaïs Nin ***** I remember going on a date a few years ago with a guy I had just met. He picked me up late one evening. We went downtown. I hadn’t known that we would go to a bar, and the place was packed---we …
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…
"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…
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…
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.…
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…
