Good morning... We often miss two words in the following sentence. By the seventh day God had finished his work, and so he rested (Genesis 2:2, CEV). We focus our attention on "work" and "rest," understanding our need to rock between both. Unfortunately, we overlook the words "finish" and "his." When my mind's eye gets tired, I envision two [...]
Good morning... A powerful picture was sent to me by a woman whose heart has been shattered more than once, a soulful friend with whom I have shared many a meaningful conversation. In the picture, I am captivated by a stately lion with tender, almost tearful eyes, a lion overlooking the words, "How we walk with the broken speaks [...]
Good morning... This morning I wake pondering the song "Make new friends but keep the old." So I write to my friend of twenty-something years, a friend with whom I share a two or three hour meal most every month. She keeps in good touch with old friends and family while remaining openhearted to the new friends God brings [...]
Good morning... As I prepared to speak at the kickoff gathering for the Moms in Prayer group at the Lovett School, I gathered pens for a writing activity. Pens from around my house. Pens from inside my purse. Pens from crazy crevices in my messy car. Instead of just gathering pens like a fiend, God nudged me to slow [...]
Good morning... Down every prayer avenue I knew, I immediately sent this request. "URGENT PRAYERS NEEDED: CALLING ALL PRAYER WARRIORS: Wesleyan moms have reached out to our prayer group asking for urgent prayers now and at 2:45pm today. Please pray for William Parker, a Wesleyan eighth grader who was injured in a football game on Saturday at Woodward. William [...]
Good morning... Today I begin teaching my weekly classes, one class per day. In addition, this fall I am forming monthly "Listening Groups," small groups of no more than eight women seeking to hear God's movement in our daily lives. One group I am offering is called "Practicing Prayer," the other is "Savoring Scripture." Since I am a visual [...]
Good morning... God the Father did not work alone. As we have already read ...the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters (Genesis 1:2). Also helping to create everything from nothing, we hear of Jesus Christ's presence. In John 1:1-5 (AMP) we read: In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with [...]
Good morning... As I drove to fitness class at the church, a chorus resurfaced from our years of leading youth group in Gettysburg, PA. "Here I am LORD. Is it I LORD? I have heard You calling in the night. I will go LORD if You lead me. I will hold Your people in my heart." Amid planks and [...]
Good morning... "I waken this morning as one being taught." This sentence coaxes me to awareness from my sleeping state. Next a prayer dawns, "LORD, give us a teachable spirit." As we hone the art of early morning listening, LORD, help us to crave the wisdom You teach. Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning then breaks into my consciousness, adding her [...]
Good morning... We wait in solitude and silence, beginning to feel God's answers emerging. Dallas Willard recommends, "Stay there long enough for the inner being to be different. Muddy water becomes clear if you only let it be still for a while." (The Divine Conspiracy, p 359) Dallas reveals an interesting phenomenon. I google: "How does still water become [...]
