What’s the Next Step?
‘What do you do when you’ve done all you can?’ Those are the words to a song that just came to mind. The answer comes back: ‘stand’. When you’ve done all that you can, in your strength, and you are waiting for God to do what you cannot, you ‘stand’. There are a few verses […]
Obedience is Better Than Sacrifice
There are times in our lives that God will direct us to do things that make no sense to us. In those moments, we get to make a choice: will we do the thing, or will we be disobedient and not do it, or delay doing it? Over the last 10 years of asking God […]
What Does the Lord Say?
As I contemplate what my topic is for this morning, I deliberate between what I believe God is telling me personally vs what needs to be shared for the benefit of all of us. You see, my writing is not just for you, or me, it is for all of us. I can come back to […]
The Burden is not Yours to Carry
As I took my walk in the park a couple days after the heavy snow we got in New York, I observed a tree on the ground. On first sight, I thought: ‘wow, this tree is so healthy, how did it break down so badly?’ It was a huge tree, filled with pine needles. As […]
Sometimes What the Lord Asks of Us is Almost Impossible
This week as I was about to begin my devotion, I got distracted and opened Facebook. I seem to be a sucker for a story, even if I don’t know the person, so I got caught up reading a story that popped up on my timeline. Someone had been driving, and got side swiped […]
Rest to Open
I’ve recently started using my iPad more consistently for my devotional time (hello bigger screen)… As I went to unlock it, there were instructions ‘Rest to Open’. I had to chuckle at God’s sense of humor. These were instructions I had been given since the end of last year – at least the rest part. […]
Take Time to Notice
As part of my exercise plan, I take walks in my favorite neighborhood park. This is a time for me to breathe, reset, pray and listen, with the added bonus of letting my legs move without much thought from me. I’m fiercely protective of this time. Over the years, I’ve fine tuned it to […]
A Heart of Gratitude
As I sit here contemplating how quickly the year has gone by, and how fast we are approaching Thanksgiving Day this week, I have to take a moment to pause and reflect. My overall sense of the year is feeling a deep gratitude. So many things have taken place. Some good. Some not so good. […]
Under Construction
This year, it feels like my home has seen more construction than in the previous nine years combined. The irony is, as a planner, these are things that I would have planned and thought through, but as the opportunities presented themselves, I jumped on them – and, view them as God knowing the desires of […]
Can I Be Honest?
When I first heard this song on the radio, I turned it up, as I sat wide eyed, nodding in full agreement. This singer, had captured all the words I would have said, if I knew how to articulate them. For some reason, the name of the song and singer did not update on the […]