When my kids were about 4 and 5, I was trying to teach them about offenses. I was always a big “like as” teacher. So, I told them offenses were like “hot rocks.” The quicker you let it go, the less damage it will do to your hand. Well, after a rather intense day of […]
Kingdom Living
Closing the Gaps in my Heart
How do I reconcile what I know to be true and what I feel? How do I resolve the conflict of connecting what I “should believe” and what I “really believe”? At what point is there a merge between the facts and the perception of the facts? How do I get past the illogical paradox of […]
Little Encounters
Who doesn’t want to be taken up into the third heaven to tour your eternal mansion? Who doesn’t want to ride in a chariot of fire? Who wouldn’t willingly climb a mountain to see the finger of God write on a stone tablet? Without a doubt, these life-changing encounters mark you but those surprises happen […]
Lessons in Contentment
Paul said, “I have learned to be content…” (Phil 4:11) This was at the end of his life. What kind of schooling did he go through to get that place of contentment? How hard were the exams? Did he fail a few or perhaps have to take the whole class again? Contentment is not settling. […]
Tell Me How to Love You
“I am my beloveds, and my beloved is mine…” Song of Songs 6:3 I know how much you love me. Every morning I see you paint your love […]
Tell my Beloved One
She is not broken. That is not her identity. I bore her shame on Calvary so that she would not have to. She is wounded. But I am coming in […]