~~~ We serve a big God! He is faithful and nothing takes Him by surprise. Amen? He has each one of us in all our unique situations taken care of. He’s bigger than our fears and our frustrations. And He loves us! ~~~ For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I…
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Following God With Abandon
“Go and buy yourself a linen waistband and put it around your waist” …. So I bought the waistband …. “Take the waistband that you have bought …. and hide it there in a crevice of the rock .” So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord had commanded me. After many days the Lord said to me, “Arise,…
God Never Changes
Even to your old age, I shall be the same, and even to your graying years I shall bear you! I have done it and I shall carry you; And I shall bear you, and I shall deliver you. (Isaiah 46:4 NASB) God never changes. He formed me and knew the plans He had for…
Waiting Is Hard
Waiting is hard. It’s when I know something is coming. I know something is about to happen, or get answered one way or another. It’ll either be a no or a yes. It’ll be this way or that way. Waiting means an answer is coming. Meanwhile, waiting means…waiting. And it’s hard. If I knew the…
Grass Withers, God Doesn’t
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever (Isaiah 40:8). And just before verse 8, “The grass withers…when the breath of the Lord blows upon it; sure the people are grass (Isaiah 40:7). I often think about or quote verse 8. I like to work in the garden, and…
Is My Prayer Request A Good One?
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, “…O Lord, I beseech You…. “Thus says the Lord, ‘I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears….’” (Isaiah 38:2-5) The Lord knows me. He knows my heart. He knows my desires. He knows my needs. He knows who I am,…
Distractions, Trials, and Discomforts
Sometimes God takes us through some very uncomfortable things. I’m not talking about major stuff like death of a loved one or major illness or other loss. He takes us through those too, and they’re pretty awful. I’m talking about ongoing trials, low-level stressors. Things we don’t necessarily talk much about. But things that are…
My Simple Faith
I have a simple faith. There’s nothing particularly complicated about it. It’s pretty straightforward. I believe in God. I believe He created the heavens and the earth. He created everything. That’s just the way it is. The more we study the world around us, the more we see how exactly designed it is. God created…
God’s Ways Are Not Mine
O Lord, Thou are my God; I will exalt Thee, I will give thanks to Thy name; For Thou hast worked wonders, plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness (Isaiah 25:1). God is faithful. His ways are not my ways so sometimes it doesn’t feel like He’s all that faithful. From my perspective, from my…
When I’m Called To Something Difficult
God doesn’t mess around. He literally told Isaiah to go around naked for three years. And barefoot. I find the naked part a little more noteworthy, but both though. Naked and barefoot. Three years. “Go and loosen the sackcloth from your hips, and take your shoes off your feet.” And he did so, going naked…