Making Peace With Mystery

Good morning... "Sue, I am so glad you posted this," she wrote after yesterday's message Depression Varies. "Making peace with mystery runs counter to our culture. Sharing this truth with others can help open the door to honesty in God. And, usher us out of the false phrases that stand in for those things we really don't/can't understand...but feel compelled [...]

By |2018-03-07T09:43:41-05:00March 7th, 2018|Depression, Healing, Holy Spirit|

Put On Your Thinking-Cap

Good morning... Sunday afternoon through Tuesday breakfast, the Holy Spirit and I facilitated a private "With God Weather Life Retreat" at the mountain home of a dear, deep friend who hosted a hearty handful of women handpicked by the LORD. Sharing our stories of brokenness and beauty, sorrows and joys, darkness and light, we journeyed side by side, as [...]

By |2018-02-21T06:48:11-05:00February 21st, 2018|Discernment, God's Word, Holy Spirit|

God’s New Gift

Good morning... I love to notice God's new gifts expanding in the heart of ordinary people. So I adore this email from my friend. ****** Dear Sue, I have been ruminating on your recent post, Infused With Peace. Since 2003, I have been scared of the word "infusion." To me it was something that hurt, that was scary, that might not [...]

By |2018-01-28T23:16:38-05:00January 29th, 2018|Fear, Holy Spirit, Peace, Trust God|

Making Peace Not War

Good morning... "Amen and amen," she wrote after yesterday's post, God's Peace Is Louder Than Bombs. She continued: "After a year of what has felt like bombs in our world order, I’m wondering if God’s faithful are digging in closer to Him (breathing deeply) and exhaling more of His goodness, grace, peace, and light. Let’s make this the year [...]

By |2018-01-08T08:22:51-05:00January 8th, 2018|God's Love, God's Plan, Holy Spirit, Peace|

God’s Word Grows

Good morning... After our recent post, God's Crazy Love, a handful of you wrote affirmation. "Love this!!!" "Today's devotional was so beautiful." "Thank you for this message especially in this crazy time of year when it should be so quiet and calm. He is a good good Father." "Merry Christmas and thank you for making each morning brighter for me." [...]

By |2017-12-17T04:21:18-05:00December 17th, 2017|God's Timing, God's Word, Holy Spirit, Organic Growth|

Primary Or Peripheral?

Good morning... I knew I would be cutting time close when I scheduled the appointment last week, but, as an eternal optimist, I thought, "I can do that, then I can go there." Then when an important, long-standing "there" moved up its start time, my newly committed "that" would no longer fit without rushing. As I opened myself up [...]

By |2017-12-14T03:31:49-05:00December 13th, 2017|Discernment, Holy Spirit, Prayer|

Lessons From A Dying Cardinal

Good morning... Walking with my friend, we were stunned to see a dying cardinal lying on the sidewalk. The little creature was slowly moving his bright red head, looking around, blinking his eyes, but his chubby body was stationary, paralyzed on the pavement. When I said, "Oh, let's pick him up and put him in a soft, private place," I [...]

By |2017-12-02T05:00:14-05:00December 2nd, 2017|Death And Resurrection, Discernment, Friendship, Holy Spirit|

Mosquitos In Our Mind

Good morning... A "breath prayer" can be lifted any time, any where, alone aloud or silently in a crowd. Usually nine syllables or less, breath prayers can calm our anxious thoughts. Richard Foster, Christian author and theologian in the Quaker tradition, writes: “Commenting on breath prayers, Theophane the Recluse notes, ‘Thoughts continue to jostle in your head like mosquitos. To [...]

By |2017-11-24T22:37:34-05:00November 25th, 2017|Anxiety, Holy Spirit, Peace, Prayer|

Breathe God’s Spirit In Then Out

Good morning... "Your post today inspired me to think about how to deal with ourselves when we start to panic," a friend texted after reading yesterday's message, Trust God In Life's Noise. She continued, "We are told to 'breathe.' What if we thought of that breathing (which should be long on the inhale and even longer on the exhale) [...]

By |2017-11-20T17:32:00-05:00November 21st, 2017|Holy Spirit, Love, Prayer|
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