“ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. ’” Matthew … Continue reading Your will?
“Give us each day our daily bread.”Luke 11:3 NIV Please, Lord. Please, give us today the bread we need for living today. Please. And thank you. Probably the most life-changing and freeing paradigm shift in my brain has come about these last 15 years of living in the footprints of Jesus. Everything comes from God.Every. … Continue reading Please and Thank You.
Did you know that waiting is an action word? You probably did, but until just recently, I did not. I’m running late to the party as usual! “Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!”Psalm 27:14 ESV I thought waiting was equivalent to being stuck. Waiting, to … Continue reading Waiting is an Action Word
I’m not the only one who struggles with this puzzling scripture. I know I’m not.Struggling doesn’t mean that I don’t believe it. It just means that I struggle to understand what it really means. And I think you don’t really know either. Probably, like me you’ve asked for something and not received it. Maybe you … Continue reading Leaning…
Thankfully, we have 2 citrus trees in our tiny yard. And they provide us with the best (in our opinion) oranges and pink grapefruits, in season. We eat, and juice, and spritz, and savor until we’ve had our fill. The harvest is plentiful beyond our capacity to consume and so we give away to all … Continue reading The Joy of Pruning
🎶 Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face. And the things of Earth will grow strangely dim in the Light of His glory and grace. 🎶 Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus, a hymn written by Helen Lemmel Psalm 34 steps in to teach and to validate the same lesson as we … Continue reading Shame Doesn’t Look Good On You
Gratefully, I am attending a small neighborhood Bible study with a few other women seeking to know God more intimately. We’re just beginning a study which proposes that we choose joy. The teacher, in our first lesson, held out a premise from Scripture that we are invited to consider. Was Jesus purely a man of … Continue reading What good is a far off God?
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