Often, I have prayed and believed God for an answer or a breakthrough in an area, only to find that there is a waiting period between the time I ask God and the time that the answer or change comes. I have wondered why this is. I am sure you have as well! While our heavenly…
The environment that we are in has so much to do with our growth. The natural world simply mirrors the spiritual world. Nature shows us that trees, plants, or anything that is living needs to placed in the right environment in order for them to live and reach their full potential. Some living organisms cannot…
So often, I find myself wrestling with deep yearnings in my heart and desperately longing for answers to the questions swirling around my mind. Some things that we carry and desire are so intense that we are not sure what to do with them. In these times, it seems like the casual, passing prayers for help…
“Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins” Colossians…
Have you ever felt like what God has spoken to you or asked you to do were bigger than your capabilities? I think we would all answer with a resounding, “yes!” because this seems to be the way that God works. He delights in giving us a task or challenge that is either just beyond our reach…
Jesus has so many amazing attributes, but the one that has been becoming a deeper revelation to me is that He was comfortable in His own skin. He was completely at home within Himself. The harmony that we see within Jesus in the scriptures came from being in perfect harmony-in perfect unison-with His heavenly Father.…
As I was spending time at the feet of Jesus this morning, simply loving and worshipping Him, this passage came alive to me: Colossians 3:1-3, ” If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above,…
Today I am writing about a topic that has been on my heart for the past several months-eternity. Since the recent event involving the shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, I knew it was time to share what God has been making clearer to me. As the details of that day unfolded, almost…
From the beginning of creation God reveals Himself as a God actively involved in the affairs of the earth and of His creation. Genesis 1:1-2 says ” In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the…
The other night my family and I found ourselves in a gorgeous home overlooking the rain soaked Willamette Valley on a dark and cool evening. Our daughter, Sarah, and a few other piano students were practicing for their upcoming music festival. Most were nervous at the thought of having to play their pieces strictly from…