Good morning... "I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths," begins the devotional my friend texted me in a screenshot on the day she received her difficult news. "I know how confused you sometimes feel - and how you long to find your way forward. You have tried many different things; you have [...]
Good morning... I wondered as I left an important meeting, "How and when will I know which steps to take?" Driving home in silent turmoil, music from within surprised my meandering mind: "I need You, God, I need You. Every hour I need You. My one defense. My righteousness. Oh, God, how I need You." Wisdom dawned. I do not [...]
Good morning... Traveling into a hard day, a hard decision, a hard dialogue? Open or closed? The choice is ours. "As they continued their travel, Jesus entered a village," says the Bible in Luke 10:38-42 (MSG). A woman by the name of Martha welcomed him and made him feel quite at home. She had a sister, Mary, who sat before [...]
Good morning... At our final Bible study gathering for the semester, we each identified "Words of the Soul," words, sentences, and quotes we would take with us from our Friday discussions of Jan Johnson's When the Soul Listens. Collectively, some of our most memorable words are: Pause. Listen. Wait. Trust. Space. Abide. Soak. Favorite sentences include: "Jesus is relentlessly [...]
Good morning... "Mondays have become magical for me," writes my friend on her October 24th music blog. "I know, I know," she continues, "most people dread them and wish them away, but for now, my Mondays hit a lovely sweet spot. Today, the day began with a torrential rain storm, coffee on the porch, and a quick catch up of [...]
Good morning... Practically, what does it look like to inhale the breath of God before exhaling unselfish love? Yesterday's post, Breathe God In And Out, ends with a Scripture verse. The next chapter in our Bible is 1 Corinthians 13, a chapter best known as the "love chapter." Let's personalize these words in a meaningful way as we prepare [...]
Good morning... As I sense God in the silence, I trust God in life's noise. In silence, I sense God's loving tone, God's calming texture, God's slow-steady timing. In silence, I sense God's inviting maybes, God's subtle movement, God's deep-high meaning. In silence, I sense God's guidance before me, God's presence within me, God's protection around me. As I sense God in the silence, I [...]
Good morning... In an unusual act, I set my alarm for just before 3:00 am, intending to pause and to change the message I had pre-programmed very early in the morning. A fifty-five year old husband, father, and friend to many was laid to rest yesterday, four days after he died in a freak car accident. I wanted to [...]
Good Morning... Many of you loved our recent post "Soak Like a Sponge" and, as I have been resting in the wisdom, I have felt a new facet of truth lift to my awareness. Another definition of "soak" is to extract a stain by immersion in a powerful liquid. To remove a stain by submerging soiled fabric in a cleaning [...]
Good morning... As I pushed "send" on yesterday's message "With God Weather Life," a quirky song welled up from my soul, through my heart, and into my mind. Enjoy God's gift shared through the voice of Ellie Holcomb. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow] (Psalm 147:3). ...Sue... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5CpH5iBXZc [...]
