Tag: #discipline

Who owns the breath?

Featured ~ Lisa Brittain

We are planners. Westerners, I mean. Aren’t we wired by our culture to have a plan, stock our calendars with appointments, and respond to greetings with just how incredibly busy we are? We (Westerners) are driven from a young age to think about (plan) what we want to do when we grow up. We are … Continue reading Who owns the breath?

Chapter

Featured ~ Lisa Brittain ~ 4 Comments

My dear man and I quietly celebrated 35 years of marriage recently. We celebrated with quiet appreciation to God for years that might not have been. We’re grateful for God’s mercy and the grace through which He’s taught us to accept and forgive. In my annual attempt at a reading trek through the entire Bible, … Continue reading Chapter

Deliberate

Featured ~ Lisa Brittain ~ 7 Comments

"Be careful... and remember...So obey...be sure...be careful...beware...do not forget...be careful..." I think you get the point.

Wonderful

~ Lisa Brittain

The psalms are so chock full of emotionally charged thoughts. I love them! The psalms mirror my own frail humanity, and as I read each one I feel so normal. So human. I am again reminded today to give thanks to God that He cares for our entire being. He knows how we are formed for He intricately designed us. Read More....

Lessons Re- learned

~ Lisa Brittain

By Gary Milford Lessons Learned. Lessons re-learned.  Do your best, forget the rest! You know there is a lot of potentially depressing stuff in the news now days.  Of course you know that.  It’s like the Bible verses in Isaiah were faxed to the news rooms around the country and then reported word for word … Continue reading Lessons Re- learned

Pondering {help}

~ Lisa Brittain

Day 80. Psalm 80. This psalm just feels appropriate for the current state of affairs in our country and world. I hope you might go and read Psalm 80 for yourself. I wonder in what way the Word will impact your life today? Feel the rawness of weary begging. "God, come down!! Fix this terrible … Continue reading Pondering {help}

Lessons of a Good Father

~ Lisa Brittain ~ 5 Comments

Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.  It is not up in heaven so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”  Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have … Continue reading Lessons of a Good Father