“…and keep their promises even when it hurts.” Psalm 15:4 (NLT) Have you ever given the pinky swear or crossed your heart and hoped to die with a needle in your eye? I did countless times as a child. The older I get, the more precious sharing my heart is and keeping other’s secrets has become. Also, the more important keeping my word is to me. Keeping our word is about much more than being…
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…
“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…
“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…
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