Anyone who knows me knows I give money to the poor, to projects, to kids raising money, and to Kingdom work. I have always tagged funds as “Jesus money” and been pretty faithful to use those funds with intention. This summer our church group studied Jonah in The Prodigal Prophet, by Tim Keller. We took […]
I imagine a future moment when God turns us around in heaven to show us how He used our lives for His purposes. Surely, I am not the only one hoping to see He used me mightily, right? You hope the same. Yes, mightily. Like Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah, Peter, Paul. Yes. I am that […]
I walk almost every day. Recently I put on headphones, turned on a podcast, set my stopwatch and set off at a brisk pace. It wasn’t dark yet, so I could see the sidewalk clearly. I was listening to a podcast by Nothing is Wasted. Right when the guest was talking to the host, Davey […]
I am in my second marriage. I was not a good wife in my first marriage. I was not walking with God and had not yet taken an assessment of my ability to love well, or to love like God loves. Proverbs 31:10-31 are probably the most famous verses about what it means to be […]
I was driving to get a haircut while listening to Kelly Streiff share her story HERE about giving birth to her daughter. The sweet child, had been “doing flips” throughout the pregnancy, but was born without a heartbeat. Take a necessary pause. Only six months past this devastating event, she shared on a Nothing is […]
My daughter called me. She had gone to the front porch to read a book, when suddenly a baby robin fell from its nest to the ground right in front of her! Mom and dad robin began making a ruckus. She sent me a video of their urgent, frantic pleas. It was hard to listen […]
I am hearing this everywhere, and it’s really bothering me. Podcast hosts, podcast guests, pastors, and friends saying, “God turns bad things into good.” Usually, they are paraphrasing or basing their remark on Romans 8:28: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been […]
The phone rang at 6 a.m… and roused me from a deep sleep. My daughter was calling to let me know she was headed to Urgent Care or the ER because of an ankle injury she suffered the prior evening in a soccer game. Did I have an opinion about which one? Groggily, I said […]
Last week I considered the danger of editing God’s plans and still calling it obedience HERE. I have been paying keen attention to my propensity to talk myself out of doing exactly what God asks. I am saddened by how often I have done this, and am stilling doing so. This past week I donned […]
What does it mean that God doesn’t want our sacrifices? Like you, I do a lot for Him that requires quite a bit of sacrifice! Do our efforts not count for anything? For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings. (Hosea 6:6) I have been trying to get my […]
