Tag Archive: Encouragement

Rearrange

A woman shared with me how she loved to rearrange furniture. Her husband interjected that her habit was unhealthy—literally. They lived in an old farmhouse with large, spacious rooms. Their bedroom was on the top floor. One night, as he prepared for bed, he decided to surprise her in theRead the Rest…

Waiting…Turn Your Wait Into a Verb

The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. Lamentations 3:25 ESV Over the last eight years I have spent a good portion of time in a waiting room. In 2005 my oldest son had a traumatic illness occur and thus started theRead the Rest…

Downsizing to the Divine

Five years ago I started writing a book with the title, Downsizing to the Divine. Despite encouragement for my book proposal at the time, I never finished it, and doubt I ever will. Sometimes writing is about the learning . . . actually, writing is always about learning. When I recentlyRead the Rest…

Turn Off The Noise

Be still, and know that I am God.     I will be exalted among the nations,     I will be exalted in the earth!” The Lord of hosts is with us;     the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah Psalm 46:10-11 ESV Screech! Screech! Screech! Ding! You’ve GotRead the Rest…

The Beauty in the Dark

To love beauty is to see light.        -Victor Hugo Some may say there’s no beauty to be seen in the dark . . . perhaps believe that darkness is the absence of light . . . or preach that only dark things happen in the dark. But notRead the Rest…