Rest and Rhythm

Rest and Rhythm

Rest (like all of creation) was designed and instituted by God for his glory, and for our benefit. ==================== Scripture Genesis 2:1 “…on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work...
The Blind Spot

The Blind Spot

The love of God confronts and reveals the self-blindness in my heart if I allow Him. Though the revelation is uncomfortable, it ultimately brings healing. ================================ Scripture Revelation 3:15-17 “I know your works: you are neither cold nor...
Understanding

Understanding

Reading and absorbing God’s word doesn’t merely communicate a list of rules and expectations–rather, reading God’s word gives ‘understanding’…and that understanding will cause a teachable heart to avoid that which is contrary...
Expecting the Unexpected

Expecting the Unexpected

Instead of assuming that something is not of God merely because it doesn’t fit my own parameters, I need to look for where God is moving beyond my own boundaries. As I align my life with His divine plan, the impossible becomes possible–and the improbable...
Being and Doing

Being and Doing

This week I choose to ‘be’ a ‘doer’. Not in order for God to love me, but because He already does. Not in order for God to save me, but because He already has. ====================== Scripture James 1:22-25 But be doers of the word, and not...