3 Things to Know When Wants Overrun Your Life

“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.” – Psalm 23:1 ESV Sleep and I are not the best of friends. We have a love-hate relationship. I love sleep, but when it abandons me around 4AM most mornings, well … hate is almost too good of a word. For years, I laid awake praying, […]

Disneyland May Have The Answer to a Chaotic Life

  So, does your life feel like it spins out-of-control at times? I’m telling you, there are days my feet barely touch the floor in the morning and the spinning starts! You, too? Sometimes? Or, maybe you’re thinking, “Sometimes? heck, my life is on perpetual spin-cycle!” Endlessly. Viciously. Spinning and spinning. Round and round. Seemingly […]

You Are More Than

“We are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” -Romans 8:37 ESV Sometimes we are blind to the beauty hidden inside. Our failures, regrets, and should’ve beens get far too much attention and we lose sight that we are a “more than” creation. The plant looked pathetic. Weeds and dead limbs poked out among […]

A Question Worth Asking

“Then the woman said to Elijah, ‘Now I know that you are a man of God…” 1 Kings17:24  NIV   He wasn’t in the wind. He wasn’t in the earthquake. He wasn’t in the fire. But He was there. God promised Elijah he would show up, and that He did. The Lord decided to make […]

Threadbare

“But you, O Sovereign Lord, deal well with me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.”   Psalm 109:21  NIV   I had a favorite sweatshirt.   Maybe you know the kind. The ones where you come home from work or church or anywhere else and you strip down to […]

Pressing

    It’s not a very dynamic picture, is it?  The colors are dull and gray and no real wow factor to write home about.   This was the last picture I took during a morning of walking and talking with friends, and shooting the beauty of the Pacific Ocean.   As I turned from […]

Busy Work

“Do your planning and prepare your fields before building your house.” Proverbs 24:27 NIV   I watched her just about every day.   She worked and worked and never stopped. Her diligence was impressive. Her tenacity was intriguing. The urgency was noted.   The spot where she picked to work seemed futile and I had my doubts it would come together, but […]

What You Need More Than a Resolution

When the days drew near for him…he set his face to go to Jerusalem. – Luke 9:51 ESV   How’s it going with your New Year’s resolutions? Are they still moving forward, or have your usual and familiar habits dragged you back to the same old routines?   This year, I left my resolutions behind […]