I always joke that I will write a book someday called, “It’s not about me”. Because if there is one main theme throughout my life, that is it. Sometimes it’s innocent, and sometimes it’s deliberate, but my focus always comes back to myself. And it always needs shifting back to Jesus. As a kid, my …
The sufficiency of insufficiency
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 I used to beat myself up with this verse. I …
Tearing down and building up
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens... a time to tear down and a time to build... He has made everything beautiful in its time. - Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 It’s okay to tear down. It’s not particularly fun when it’s something you built. In fact, it’s usually humiliating. …
A Time for Everything
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:a time to be born and a time to die,a time to plant and a time to uproot,a time to kill and a time to heal,a time to tear down and a time to build,a time to weep and a time …
Get down now
The leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders also mocked Jesus. “He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself! So he is the King of Israel, is he? Let him come down from the cross right now, and we will believe in him! He trusted God, so let God rescue …
Laying it at his feet
“Do you think you’re praying about it too much?” a friend asked me once. Yeesh, maybe, I considered. So many of my prayers had become about me, about a specific thing in my life. Her comment made me think of John chapter 2 - Jesus’ first miracle where he changes water into wine at a …
We will worship
This verse made a big impact on me a while back, when I noticed Abraham saying “we will come back.” He was heading up the mountain to sacrifice his son Isaac as an offering to the Lord, yet he was confident that he would not return to his servants alone, because God had promised blessing …
Planks and Specks
My husband had lasik surgery recently. He could see more clearly immediately after the procedure, but even if he had been the world's best lasik surgeon, I’m quite sure that no one would have let him perform surgery on someone else right then. He was not allowed to drive, and he was instructed to honor …
The Bible isn’t about me
“You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the scriptures point to me! Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life.” - John 5:39-40 I was out for a run one day, listening to a sermon, and heard the pastor say that the Bible wasn’t about me. …
A furious squall
A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” - Mark 4:37-38 I’ve had furious squalls come up over my life. I’ve …
Soaking in the Son 