Yearly Archives:
2012
Why Good People Do Bad Things
“If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.” Genesis 4:7 I’ve wanted to write this post all year. But each time something stopped me. Or I’d write a ...
Deliver Us From Evil
Today and in recent days, I’ve been praying the following: “Lord, it’s hard down here. We need You.” I haven’t known how else to verbalize my sadness over things I see happening around me. My heart has been heavy for situations that are out of my control, so I ...
Blessings, Culture, Devos, Forgiveness, My Story
God Intended It for Good
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.” ~Genesis 50:20 (NLT) This very night eleven years ago marks a very important, transitional point in my life. On November 9th, 2001, I was 18 years ...
Challenges, Devos, Faith & Prayer, Living Free
Wandering Outside Your Promised Land
“They couldn’t escape their slave mentality, even though they had escaped their slave masters. They turned tail, and scampered back out into the desert. So deeply ingrained was the sense that good things were not for them that they wandered in circles for another thirty-eight ...
Fight or Flight? A Prayer in Uncertain Times
“Lord, give me the grace to FIGHT when I should and LET GO when I shouldn’t.”
Devos, Friends & Dating, Inspiration, Living Free, Relationships
The Mirror Image
Michael Winegeart, one of my college business professors and a wildly successful man in his own right, told our class about something he called the “mirror image”. According to Winegeart, everyone has a mirror image. You can’t be without one. Your mirror image is that one ...
Challenges, Devos, Living Free, Wholeness
My Peace I Give to You!
Is there an area of your life where you consistently lack peace? No matter how many times you’ve tried to “get it under control”, you can’t. It gets the best of you and seems to mock you, putting your flaws on parade in front of you and other people. Then ...
Devos, Inspiration, Living Free
Called to Shine!
“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.” ~2 Cor. 4:7 This scripture is kind of famous 🙂 I’ve heard people suggest that the phrase “earthen vessels” indicates human weakness, as in When we mess up, ...
Culture, Devos, Inspiration, Living Free, My Story, Wholeness
The World Begins Again
“Baby’s black balloon makes her fly I almost fell into that hole in your life You’re not thinking bout tomorrow ‘Cause you were the same as me But on your knees” {Written yesterday morning, May 15th, 2012} This morning I awoke with a very heavy heart. Vulnerable ...