God’s Hidden Arrangement

Blog

I spent this past weekend assembling a detailed 3D book-nook puzzle, one of those miniature architectural scenes made of dozens upon dozens of tiny wooden pieces. Each piece had been precisely cut with notches so small they were nearly invisible, yet every one fit only in a single location. The instructions required an exact order. […]

Continue Reading

A Christ Centered Christmas

Blog

Each year, “Merry Christmas” is spoken more cautiously, if it is spoken at all. In its place, “Happy Holidays” has become the safer greeting, offered under the banner of politeness, neutrality, and inclusiveness. Just last week, after wishing a gentleman “Merry Christmas” over the phone, he replied with a carefully neutral “Happy Holidays.” These exchanges […]

Continue Reading

Sanctified Journaling

Blog

“Record all special favors, mercies, providences, and experiences.Little do you know the advantages that will redound to your souls upon this.” – Thomas Brooks, Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks I began journaling as a teenager, long before I knew Christ. What began as a class assignment soon became a nightly ritual. I would open my […]

Continue Reading

Cultivating Reverence for the Holiness of God

Blog

Reverence does not grow in the heart by accident. Scripture never treats it as a passing feeling or a heightened emotion that comes and goes with the seasons of the soul. Reverence is the posture formed when the heart sees God as He truly is, and bows beneath the weight of that truth with joy […]

Continue Reading

God’s Call: God’s way


MorningMeds

…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to  will and to work for his good pleasure. – Philippians 2:12b-14 I’m still stuck on this verse. God still has it set before my heart and as an artist I study it, trying to take in […]

03/28/2009

God’s Call: A Humble Wonder


MorningMeds

…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. – Philippians 2:12b-14 God calls us to work out that which he is working in us. Sometimes this can be more difficult then what it sounds. So often […]

03/27/2009

Free Audio Book Download


Book Reviews

Once again ChristianAudio.com offers an outstanding free audio book of the month download for your spiritual growth and enjoyment. This month’s free audio book is Donald Whitney’s “Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life.” J.I. Packer begins his foreword to this book by stating: “I was asked to write a forward for this book before I […]

03/06/2009

The Master’s Indwelling by Andrew Murray


Book Reviews

I ran across this book on a trip to one of my most favorite bookstores next to Amazon.com, Half Price bookstore. I always love a good used bookstore, because you never know what treasures you might run across. This was a true true treasure find. I bought it because I was familiar with Andrew Murray […]

02/17/2009

Why Another Blog?


About

At last count at http://technorati.com there were 112.8 million active blogs, with 175 thousand new blogs created everyday. So why another blog? This is almost the same question as, why write another book? What do you have to say that has not already been said in the millions of books that have already been published? […]

02/11/2009

Clinging to God Alone


MorningMeds

My son is a Marine who has very recently left for Iraq on his first deployment. I miss Him already. His world just got bigger as mine just got smaller. Although I have been preparing myself for this day, I still struggled with sadness and anxiety when it finally came. When he left my false […]

02/11/2009

The Living God


MorningMeds

When God tests our faith, and holds us over the fire to test and refine us, it hurts. We grief and cry like anyone else. The difference is we still cling to God in our pain. We draw closer to him and cling tighter to him in faith and trust while those who do not […]

02/10/2009

I Want To Dance


MorningMeds

Giving up on ballroom dancing was easy. Trying to count, stay in rhythm, remember new steps, maintain frame and differentiate between my left and my right at the same time, [yes, I still struggle with this] was difficult. But the hardest thing for me to learn in ballroom dancing was allowing my husband to take […]

01/24/2009

Realign


MorningMeds

Realign – To put back into proper order or alignment. The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness. – Jeremiah 31:3 Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled […]

09/23/2008

A Last Minute Retreat Prayer


MorningMeds

We have finished the work you have given us to do. And now we come and wait patiently before you. The plans are all made, The invitations have all been sent The decorations are all laid Our resources have all been spent Now we wait and now we pray That you would come forth and […]

09/17/2008