Do you ever feel like you aren’t enough? Like you’re too much? Like you run around like the energizer bunny doing all the things, checking the boxes, with barely any time to think in-between this task and the next? Like the whole world depends on you doing one more thing or overthinking everything? I relateContinue reading “Stop Striving and Be Still”
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He Could Have Said “No.”
As we enter holy week, think on this: If Jesus would have said “no” to the cross, where would we be? I shutter at the thought of living without the hope, light, and peace of the crucifixion and empty grave. Instead, Jesus said “yes” because He cannot help His incredible love for us.
The Story is Already Written
“He nourished them with honey from the rock and olive oil from the stony ground.” (Deuteronomy 32:13) At this point in the scripture above, it’s been forty years since Moses led the people of Israel out of their slavery in Egypt. Forty years. Imagine the events that must have taken place during those long yearsContinue reading “The Story is Already Written”
Even Creation Worships Him
Picture this: Jesus is making His descent down the Mount of Olives on a colt toward Jerusalem. He knew this path would ultimately lead to suffering; nails in his hands and feet; a crown of thorns; betrayal from friends; and at the end, a cross He would not only have to carry but hang andContinue reading “Even Creation Worships Him”
The Glorious Middle
I’ve been reading through Genesis (the first book in the Bible), and although I’ve read these chapters before, one story from Genesis 37-50 is hitting me in a fresh way. You may have heard of the main character of this narrative – the favorite son, a dreamer, has a coat of many colors, and despisedContinue reading “The Glorious Middle”
For the Times In-Between 