Good morning... Ending yesterday's blog post, one sentence from the Scripture verse returns to me during the dark hours of this new night. "Isaiah’s question, 'Is there anyone around who knows God’s Spirit, anyone who knows what he is doing?' has been answered: Christ knows, and we have Christ’s Spirit," says 1 Corinthians 2:16 (ERV). My mind now [...]
Good morning... In a recent blog post, we identified five of our innermost senses, senses which partner with the power of the Holy Spirit at work within us each day. Intuition. Imagination. Perception. Will. Reason. One reader wrote: "The human brain and our DNA as God made it is more powerful than any machine. A machine only knows [...]
Good morning... "Sue," wrote a friend from our Monday afternoon study group, which is quietly off for the summer months. "Such a wonderful message from Kate Bowler this week! Hope your summer is going well and the much anticipated wedding arriving so soon! Happy days to you!" I touch on the link she shared and breathe in the [...]
Good morning... "Sue," she wrote. "Here is something for you that I learned and wrote down but do not remember where I heard it. We have 5 senses. Intuition Imagination Perception Will Reason All operate with the Holy Spirit within us. Life expands when these are exercised." My soul is tickled. I am drawn back to one word, [...]
Good morning... “I will lead the blind by a way they do not know; I will guide them in paths that they do not know," God said through Isaiah 42:16 (AMP) to end yesterday's blog post. "I will make darkness into light before them and rugged places into plains. These things I will do [for them], and I [...]
Good morning... In response to yesterday's post, Be Filled Up, she simply texted, "I wish I could stay filled up." "New mercies come every morning," I replied. "Fresh installments of the Spirit each day." Within the hour, another friend surprisingly emailed me these words. ****** Excerpt from Let God: Spiritual Conversations with Francois Fénelon by Winn Collier It [...]
Good morning... On behalf of friends going through very challenging circumstances, I crave the healing presence of God. I yearn for God, the all-powerful God, to show up in undeniable ways, ways we can see, sense, surrender into, fully. Just like a deer that craves streams of water, my whole being craves you, God. My whole being thirsts [...]
Good morning... Yesterday, in the morning, my friend sent me a picture of a page from her well-worn Bible verse flip calendar. Psalm 90:12 (NIV) is brought to life. "Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom." A quote from Brennan Manning amplifies God's encouragement. "In prayer Jesus slows us down, [...]
Good morning... Waking in the wee hours of this July 4th, I snap a photo of the full moon beaming bright above our darkened world. Fourth. Full moon. Freedom for all. My mind is drawn back to a phrase shared in our blog post a few days ago: "Trail of Tears." "The Trail of Tears was an ethnic [...]
Good morning... "Hi, Sue," she wrote. "It’s been a trying morning, so reading this gave me hope. Check out this profound paragraph below — 'My ancestors did not survive the Trail of Tears because…' I am embracing the thoughts of inclusivity instead of exclusivity today." ****** Excerpt from Steven Charleston's Ladder to the Light: An Indigenous Elder's Meditations [...]
