Category: Grace
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When I don’t
There is a newer, and really fun praise song people sing at churches all over. It’s actually just called “Praise.” There’s a line in that song that I was thinking about this morning. It says, “I’ll praise when I feel it, and I’ll praise when I don’t.” I’ve been reflecting on this idea of moving…
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Lifting Up Weary Arms: A Journey of Faith
I haven’t been writing lately. When I try to tap into that part of myself that’s inspired, I find very little. Why? Absolute weariness. Weariness can lead to many symptoms, and a lack of creativity is just one of them. It also has a tendency to take me down that dark road where I wonder…
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Restoration…It’s a Process (Part 2)
For years, even though I’ve said God is still working on me, and I’ve even written about it, until recently I didn’t really understand what I was saying. I hadn’t thought about the parallel to the actual restoration process that I looked at in Part 1 of this devotion. Now I see clearly that I…
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Restoration…It’s a Process (Part 1)
I had mapped out what I would write tonight when I sat down with tears in my eyes, I had a plan. Yet as I started to write, everything I could think of just didn’t quite gel. So, I paused as one thought swirled around in my head over and over. I’m not alright. You see…
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Enduring Grace
Plumb sings a song that says “How many times have you heard me cry out “God Please Take This”, How many times have you given me strength to just keep breathing, God I need you, God I need you now.” Have you ever felt the same? If I am being honest I have as well. Even Paul…
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Nothing Has Gone Wrong
My friend gave me a list of statements of affirmation and asked me to look at them and see which one spoke to me. I would memorize these and say them like a mantra to encourage myself. Some of the things I’ve written recently are because of those statements. When I first looked at the…
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Not What I Expected
Things are not at all what I expected. Not today, not this last year, or the last decade, or even really my whole life. I sit in bed tonight contemplating and having to take melatonin to help me sleep. Why because so many things keep running through my head, I can’t calm my mind. I…
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Families
For all of my life till now, the sight of families would make me smile. The joy, laughter, and camaraderie they share. Tonight, I do not feel that way as I look at families. Tonight, it deeply saddens me. My family, or at least my complete family unit = dad, mom, and kids, is not…
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Standing in Christ (True Freedom)
Feeling a bit down on yourself lately? Do these feelings of failure haunt you? Perhaps you’re beginning to realize that in this life, you will never truly get it right and that you lack the ability to do so. Then you have realized the truth: all have fallen short of the glory of God. To…
Devotions For Real Life 