About Understanding“I just don’t understand.” I uttered those words dozens of times, those closing months of 2021. But who could count? (Except possibly my...
When the Ground Gives WayI don’t know your reaction to a video clip of a mud slide or an avalanche. But for me, it’s sheer horror! To have the ground upon which...
What worship and thanksgiving have to do with motherhood—encouragement for the single mom I have recently been digging through decades of family memorabilia and came across several of my old journals. And since I wasn’t in any...
A Covenant Remembered from EternityFor thus says the Lord God: I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant, yet I will...
Remembering Our Father’s ResponseI will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. Do not be like the horse or the mule,...
Moving From Craving to SatisfiedThe rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat!” Moses...
The One Who Most RemembersDon’t you love to be remembered? Doesn’t it just warm your heart when someone remembers your birthday? Thinks of you when you’re sick?...
An Easter to Remember (And Living Beyond a Pandemic When You’re Living in a Pandemic) March 2020—early in the shutdown, much was unknown and uncertain. Here in Georgia at the time, many people thought the shutdown would...
Simeon, the servant who saw what God preparedHave you ever longed . . . and hoped . . . and waited to see something? Do you also remember that sweet, sweeping sensation when you...
A Land PromisedThey were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city...
The Preparing of a People You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. Now if you obey Me fully...
Bread Prepared in the HeavenliesThe desert was an absolute mob scene. God had delivered a people from slavery just one month earlier, accompanied by many powerful and...
Where the Lord ProvidesWe are walking our way through God’s Grand Story, recalling those things He has prepared. And we’re still in Genesis. But such blessings...
Preparing a Familial LineTo the people of Israel “is the adoption to sonship; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship...
Being Prepared by Promise’s DivineThere is a confidence that comes from knowing God is for you. Really and truly FOR you. That confidence helps you feel prepared for...
Persisting in Prayer—The Saga ContinuesA tree that stood in my backyard seemed fine to the naked eye. But it was faulty . . . weak . . . vulnerable. It was plagued on the...
Gathered in PromiseI feel like I may already know the answer to this question before I even ask it. But I'm going to ask anyway... Has anyone ever broken a...
Endurance: It Is in UsThere was once a musical called Stop the World I Want To Get Off. I’ve never watched it. But I’ve got to be honest with you, folks. That...
A Sure Thing“I am watching, and I will certainly carry out all my plans.” (Jer 1:12b NLT) Don’t you just love that verse?! I sure do. It speaks two...