“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,…
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My Job is to Praise
It’s not my job to figure things out. It’s my job to praise and give glory and proclaim that God is God. How many times I’ve said that God is God and I’m not, yet I keep trying to step into His shoes. His ways are not my ways, yet I keep trying to figure…
The Problem With Overthinking
My thoughts are unclear. I try to make them clear. What is this day about? What steps is my God directing me in? Some I know, some I’m unsure of. I step forward and find myself doubting it all. Everything seems wrong, off somehow. I feel like I can’t get anything right. I try to…
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…
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…
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…
Busy Seasons and Being With Jesus
…Take care, and be calm, have no fear and do not be fainthearted…(Isaiah 7:4). I know this verse is taken out of context, but I’m not sure it matters here. The directive is timeless. And it applies to just about every situation imaginable for those who trust the Lord. It certainly applies to me right…
God Remains
I have so many ideas of things to do and things to try. And I feel so antsy. None of it satisfies. It’s all fun or exciting for a while, but none of it remains. God remains. How do I live in satisfaction with Him? Because even that comes and goes. Right. I’m in this…
Wanting To Hear
There are little details addressed in the Proverbs — the book I’m reading right now — and big things too. And some of them speak to me profoundly. There are days when the Holy Spirit points to a specific proverb and reveals all kinds of truths in just a few words on the page. But…