It feels good to – notice

It feels good to – notice

“Look to the right and see – there is none who takes notice of me…” Psalm 142:4 (ESV) Sometimes it helps to just notice. To honor someone with notice. We rush through life and never see the housekeeper at work, the guy who delivers the supplies or our husband who plugged our phone in last night. There are so many people who make our lives better. Who do jobs with little thanks. Some of them…

Because pouring out to God is safe

Because pouring out to God is safe

O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:8 (NLT)   I rarely pour my heart out to anyone. I share many things with my husband or best girlfriend but there are always places in my soul I leave untouched – veiled. Maybe those places seem too dark or maybe they are just too painful. What do we do with the little sacred…

Sometimes we must be – still…

“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him…” Psalm 37:7 (ESV) My heart beats quickly and my mind races. I want action. Being still seems impossible. I’m a fixer by nature. So, naturally, that places me in the junior god position often. I find myself offering God options. Helping Him devise solutions. Lord, we have a few options here. Number one…or we can… Sometimes I slow down long enough to catch myself. Other…

God is There

God is There

“I’m leaving you well and whole. That’s my parting gift to you. Peace. I don’t leave you the way you’re used to being left – feeling abandoned, bereft. So don’t be upset. Don’t be distraught.” John 14:27 MSG   Jesus understood. He knew how much the disciples loved him. He also realized they didn’t truly understand why He had come. There were expectations and those expectations were not apart of God’s plan for Jesus. My…