As mighty as God is, He cannot do for you what you don’t want for yourself. I still remember the disbelief on my face the first time I heard someone say something similar to the statement I just made. It must have been at least 15 years ago when I was beginning my walk with … More Yes, He Calls You "Partner"

It was with great relief that I finally sat down on the recliner chair in my apartment, thankful that it was indeed done. Then sitting there I remembered the jolting noise I had heard when the soft and smooth text of the beautiful plate I dropped met the  hard and unfeeling surface of my kitchen … More Let It Drop and Shatter

Ever get to that place where it seems like the very ground which once soothed your aching feet and on which you now stand is giving way beneath you? Ever get to the place where the very fresh green vegetation that brought refreshment to your body and spirit can no longer be found? Ever get … More Dry times? No worries!

This morning I woke up with a heaviness in my heart that I could not explain. Within a few minutes of waking up, what felt like a heaviness gradually became a pain so deep seated, my whole body ached from the discomfort it brought. My heart felt as if someone was gradually chopping it away … More The Handwriting on the Wall

Oh what bliss to still be abidingAgainst all hope, to still be hopingAgainst all comfort, to still be believingAgainst all common sense, to be still trusting Hard times threatened to kill my joyDark times threatened to snuff out the lightGood times threatened to turn my heart awayUncertain times threatened to destroy my hope Fears had … More STILL ABIDING

Sometimes we are certain about what the course of our trip isOther times regardless of how hard we try, all we can do in rest in the assurance that HE ISNothing and no one can beat the assurance that He gives in the gentle whisper that HE ISAnd we find the questions not quite as … More HE IS

In this day and age, no one seems to be drawing the line between what is and what ought to be. Or maybe I should say too many are re-drawing that line or trying to ignore it. Day by day, many spend their time trying to understand what is in order to fit in without … More Prisoner or liberator?

Like the caterpillar that lies “dormant” in the cocoon for a seemingly endless period of time, lie the flower seeds underneath winter’s cold snowWhat once was a beautiful flower garden is now a bare piece of land with no apparent good in storeThe sun’s rays manage to make their way through the cloud covered skies … More …then came Spring!

We hunger, we thirst, we yearnFor large chunks of anythingOf everything that can satisfy All at once we want to grabTo seize, to possessThe things we desire and seek To wait a minute longerTo proceed one tiny step at a timeTo us, is asking too much Yet He who goes aheadWho plans and orders our … More Little by Little

In today’s world it is easier to insist on our own way than to yield to another person’s point of view. No one wants to have the deep desires of their heart bypassed for the sake of another. Day after day, night after night, we each reminisce on what else needs to be done to … More Nevertheless

Life in the fast paced world in which we find ourselves does get very challenging and for the most part, leaves us feeling like we are trying to play “catch up” every time. I don’t know about you but that is definitely frustrating for me. I like to feel like I am on top of … More Sabbath Rest

Have you ever gotten to that place where there are more questions in your mind than there are answers about some of the good you have purposed in your heart to do for others?Has it ever crossed your mind that all that effort is not necessary and you started considering letting it all go in … More Invested in Love?

We each have some things or some people in our lives that we care about so much so that we can’t let them out of our sight for any amount of time. We are afraid something may go wrong the moment we let them out of our sight and so we cling all the more … More Love it enough to let it go?

My guess is that a few of you have probably visited this blog a few times since the last post to see what follow up posts there have been to the conversation we began. I have actually been here more times than I can remember to continue that discussion but then I realized that I … More The growing is in the being

So 2012 is finally here and we all are excited to be a part of it. I don’t know about you but this is definitely one year that I looked forward to with greater eagerness and anticipation. The more I think about it, the more I realize that the eagerness with which I entered 2012 … More Come Up Higher!!!