No one asks for difficult days. But with each one, you’ve been learning more and more about living from the tree of life, rather than the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Consuming from the tree of knowledge means judging the value of everything and everyone, and relying on your own intellect, experience, …
The Real Battle
You hear all the time how important it is to take charge of your own physical health, but neither is anyone else responsible for your spiritual and emotional states. When you quit letting past circumstances define your limits, and present ones determine your mood, that’s the moment you finally leave the prison you've sentenced yourself …
Brand New Day
Today is a brand new day. I know how trite that may read, but it really is new. It's never happened before. It's completely unique and unwritten. Pain may tell you to it's going to be just like every other day, and fear may lie it's going to be worse. But you don't have to …
Ice Breaker
This is a soldanelle. Even when it’s buried under a crushing weight of ice and snow, it grows. It stores the sun's energy in its roots, then creates a bubble of warmth around the flower bud as it keeps pushing through the ice until it breaks into the sun again. I pray your experiences with …
Whole-Hearted
"When I'm overwhelmed . . . teach me, O Lord, how to live in awareness of your truth. Unite my heart—join the pieces together with yours—so I can see how awesome you really are . . . how compassionate, full of grace, patient, loving, kind, and faithful" (Psalm 86:7, 11-12, paraphrase). When your heart breaks, …
Equip Your Spirit 