Growing closer to the One who sustains it all
My husband and I lived in Chicago for several years. I had an awesome wardrobe, beautiful shoes and purses, a great social life, and married to the greatest guy I ever met. I had everything I ever wanted. But something was still missing. I was so unhappy and routinely felt empty. I remember thinking all …
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Generations after God saw Hagar and showed up in her life, he saw a whole nation of people and showed up in theirs. At Mount Horeb, God appeared to Moses in the form of a burning bush: The Lord said, “I have seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying …
He will not let your foot slip - he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. Psalm 121:3-4 His name is El Roi, and he is the God who sees. If I was to pick one name of God that has most shaped my faith, …
I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please. - Isaiah 46:9-10 Years ago, I used to …
I think part of the reason that I struggled to care about being created for God’s glory was because God didn’t seem near. I hadn’t been hearing his voice. I felt spiritually dry. I was reading through the Psalms, a bit aimlessly, when I read, “O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you …
“Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made,” Isaiah 43:7. God is Elohim, Creator. He made man in his image and for his glory. As I studied God’s name Elohim this last week, all I could think was, why do I care about God’s glory …
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. - Psalm 20:7 Driving one day, and my daughter made a comment about Jesus being in Heaven. I jumped on her statement right away: “Yes!” I affirmed. “And where else is he?” “In our hearts.”“You bet, girly. …
While I have no trouble staying busy with mom duties, working with all my heart precipitates a lot of extras. It’s taking the additional minute in a crazy morning to write a note on my daughter’s napkin for her lunchbox. It’s getting down to my son’s level, looking him in the eye and asking him …
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She …
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Open for me the gates of righteousness; I will enter and give thanks to the Lord. - Psalm 118:19 Sometimes I don’t read my Bible because I’m too tired. Sometimes I don’t read my Bible because I want to “clear my mind”, which usually just turns into filling my mind with Pinterest and Instagram. Sometimes …
Soaking in the Son 