… That is the card I sent my dad for Father’s Day. Yup, in Germany we celebrate Father’s day on Ascension Day.
What goes around comes around…
Turns out… we all have grown!!
Good Friday and that Christian Easter blog
It is Easter time. Easter, as a Christian, is often about sharing the incredible life and victory gained through Jesus death and that invitation to those who do not know Jesus personally.
But this blog post is not about that.
FREE download of my single “Worthy”
Still here
I am still here resting in God.
Even though I can hear the doubt at times… “Shouldn’t you already …?” “Should you not have been able to… by now?” … Shoulds, if only I woulds and the oughts of doubt are plaguing me these days!! Waiting is hard, y’all! It is hard!!!
Make some noise!
Tension between the “now theology” and the “is to come reality” is a good tension to be in. Because that is where we come in. We, the church, are the connecting part between heaven and earth. This tension creates within us a pressure that needs to be released.
Read more here…
The “heart” work of forgiveness, reconciliation and justice
There is a quote by Eugene Cho that says: “Everyone loves the idea of reconciliation… UNTIL it involves truth telling, confessing, repenting, dismantling, forgiving and peacemaking.”
Love as a witness- Making Way Pt. 4
To make way is to reciprocate love received from God!
Making Way PT2.- God has a strategy!
Today we will talk about the strategicpart of “making way”. And I am very excited about this, because I like plans. I like for something to have a beginning and an end, I like movement and for things to be as smooth as can be.
Making Way Part 1 – God will fight for YOU
I believe with all of my heart that God is the way, is making way and will make way, even where there seems to be no way. And I have doubted this at times as I was learning more about the reality of this in my life. But as each year passes and I look back I see God making way for me, my family and others where there seemed to be NO way, not financially, not medically, not relationally nor any other way.
Made to thrive!
You are made to thrive.
That is what I receive for myself this year as a direct truth into my heart and I hope you hear it too.
We are made to thrive!
The heart matters
Our hearts matter. Really! They matter to God and they should matter to us collectively.
Take Courage
In the busyness of life, many of us have to let go of the promises of God.
We still believe them but we have stopped actively persuing them. – Graham Cooke
As I read this statement the other day I felt relief. Relief because the one or the other promise had to be benched while the busyness of my life competed with centre stage.
Still more hidden than revealed?
God prepares you in secret to reveal you in public!
Quote is by Lisa Bevere, though I have heard it many times before. And apparently, it goes on and on throughout your life. In seasons. Nope. Not a once in a life time event! Sadly.
Dear Internet Troll
I really want to justify myself and others for once so decided to write a little online letter to the Internet Trolls, the Nitpickers, the know-it-all-better, the acusers and shamers, the never-do-anything… So.
Dear Interent Troll
Dear Internet Troll,
Speak up or Shut up?
A situation at home with one of my sons caused me to have to think about the example I set for them. He was experiencing the consequences of speaking up and not being received well! The apple does not fall far from the tree! And I was hurting for Him, because I could see why he had done it, what he could have done better and the painful situation he was now faced with! Really I wanted to storm in and sort it out for him. But apparently, that is not good parenting! So I prayed and pondered as I listened to Him
When is it right to speak up and when is it ok to be silent about an injustice?
I am found.
We really are found. God really does love and like us. He always wants to be near and close.
Feel the fear and do it anyway!
Not one of us is made to go at it alone! Life is to be lived in relationships. And yet, there are times when God is asking us to dare to say or do something personally, that he might not ask anyone else to do. It can feel like you have to walk away from everything that you have known, in pursuit of conviction and obedience, and you have to do it alone. It is your journey alone. Not somebody else’s.
Wait for it!
Before something new can start, something old needs to finish. Duh! Makes sense right?
Only thing is it isn’t all as seemingly smooth as we think. In between the new and the old there might be a waiting period.
Waiting, though annoying at times, has an important purpose I think.
A mouthful, every step of the way
Walking in dependency with the Good Shepherd is always abundance, but maybe not quite the abundance we imagine here in the West. The abundance pictured in Psalm 23 is one of heavy dependency and trust in the Shepherd for each step of the way.
Right under your nose!
I read this blog the other day from David Martin, author of over 40 books, on his Blog page Indie Author, and I loved the following quote: … And all the time, the most potent, …
- Page 1 of 2
- 1
- 2