I was once young. Now I am older, and wondrously, sweetly caught up in first-love affection toward the Lord. Not because our relationship is new, nor because I’ve earned such connection, but because of our long, shared years. Years marked by His steadfast kindness, through heavenly heights and sorrow’s depths, through frenzied days and late-night… Read More »

Yesterday, I received a gift in the mail from an anonymous source. (Whoever you are, thank you!). It was a wall hanging bearing the words of J.R.R. Tolkien, “All who wander are not lost.” I meditated much on it this morning and here is what resulted. I called it “The Road Less Obvious,” Not all… Read More »

This story brought a smile to my face along with an important reminder. Wisdom sat by the roadside, selling watermelons. Her price list was simple: 1 for $3, 3 for $10. A young man strolled up, eyed the watermelons, and handed over $3 for one. “That’ll be $3,” Wisdom said. The young man smirked, then… Read More »

Reflecting on a scene from the now “old” movie Mr. Holland’s Opus, a redheaded student sits devastated, convinced she’ll never master the clarinet. During a private session, her music teacher, Mr. Holland, gently asks what she likes most about herself. She pauses, then says, “My hair – my father once told me it reminds him… Read More »

A red light feels like an interruption, a blink of boredom between one rush and the next. But sometimes that pause can be something else. It could become a moment to notice the toddler giggling in the crosswalk, the calming colors of a painted sky, the laughter or tears of the driver next to us,… Read More »

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer” (Psalm 19:14). This familiar prayer knocked gently on the door of my mind today, carrying a fresh breeze with it. It’s fascinating how a spoken word, or even a tucked-away thought,… Read More »

“The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.” (Romans 8:6) Scripture doesn’t tiptoe; it draws a bold line. When our thoughts are shaped by the flesh, they drift towards deadness. But when they are influenced by the Spirit, we breathe peace and walk with… Read More »

Maybe you’ve been judged by your appearance, your voice, or your résumé. But let’s take it a step farther… what if everything *they* say about you is true… and God still chose you? What if He wanted you? Regardless. What if you didn’t have to earn His approval? And what if you never had to… Read More »

What if the godliest thing you could do with a sinful thought wasn’t to fight it or flee from it, but to drag it, kicking and screaming, into the light? 2 Corinthians 10:5 instructs us to “take every thought captive to obey Christ.” For me, taking thoughts captive means processing my thoughts the way the… Read More »

There are days when our spiritual engine sputters or stalls, and we sluggishly greet or end our day. But God, our Master Mechanic, is always available. There’s no waiting in line; He has a maintenance bay reserved for each of us. We drive right in. He invites us to pull up a chair and talk… Read More »