A new-to-me spiritual discipline has to do with “divine seeing.” Learning to pray with the “eyes of our heart.” Probably most Jesus-followers have heard of Lectio Divina – “Divine Reading.” A way of reading (and re-reading, at least…
As I entered the Lenten season last week, I mentioned a four-part prayer I’m praying each morning from Psalm 139. Let me assure you, it works! The Lord’s a gentle-God, but still a convicting-One… …and, in His graciousness, He’s…
Lent snuck up on me yesterday; but, fortunately I figured it must be close and went online to check the calendar. Grateful that I’d checked, I readied my heart for the next 40-days of “preparedness.” I truly appreciate celebrating…
(from Psalm 62:1) I Needed the Quiet I needed the quiet so He drew me aside, Into the quiet where we could confide. Away from the bustle, where all the day long I hurried and worried when active and…
“For we fix our eyes, not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, what is not seen is eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18).” This picture has hung in my home for 10-15…
In pursuit of the Almighty… You didn’t notice. But, I did….the day after I posted my blog last Thursday. As I walked through the Ten Commandments I’d researched last week, I discovered I left out number two. A most…
Early yesterday, my office was a Chick Fil A. Not a bad place to work, especially if you can sip a Frosted Lemonade while working… However, as I put this blog to bed, I “officed” out of a nearby…
I began 2020 with the intended purpose of pursuing the Lord in greater measure. Many, many weeks ago, I was struck by the passage that mentioned how Cain had purposely walked away from the presence of God. He moved…
As I sit to begin this morning’s blog, my mind travels back along the past week. Bay and I sat shocked (early last week) following a call from a dear friend’s daughter informing us he had just graduated from…
I am so thankful the Lord began stirring my heart for Him so many years ago. Even as I child I desired Him. It took a long time of wilderness wandering, before I stopped pursuing my own way-of-doing-life, gave…