In middle school, I discovered an ad for a “free book”. Excited, I filled out the information and awaited its arrival. Turned out, it wasn’t that great of a book and I don’t think I even finished it. The following month – you guessed it, another book arrived addressed to me. In my ignorance, I opened it, glad to have …
Faulty Feelings
Eight weeks ago, I cut my fingers. Three of them. On my dominate hand. Pretty badly. Eleven stitches which involved four hours. The recipe? Fingers added to hand-blender plus unexpected electricity. Yeah, I wouldn’t recommend it. They are healing quite nicely and I’m even typing now with all fingers…but I’m telling you, those three fingers still feel weird. The …
The Sparks of Marriage and Other Flames
I think that this must have been my mother’s mantra. When I whined about doing something I didn’t want to do, she most often found a way to slip this into the conversation. “Don’t forget the Golden Rule,” she would remind. So as an adult, I’m often reminded to think through how I want to be treated …
Advising God
“I don’t want to be God. But, I sure wish He would ask my advice sometimes.” Ever felt this way? But, life seldom unfolds as expected, and often, we would like to give God some pointers. Yet, who is truly qualified to give the directions? Someone who can make a plan, or the very One Who created every …
Terrible Threes
Dear Mentor, My three-year old daughter is still caught in the terrible twos. A drama queen, she has frequent melt-downs when she doesn’t get her way. My husband and I are at our wits-end listening to the excessive screams and find ourselves rushing to give her what she wants in order to avert the noise. When will this …
How to Put on the Belt
Holy Father, I thank You that every Word that You speak is Truth (John 17:17). You do not just speak Truth, but are actually are the Truth (John 14:6). Thank You that Your Words are not like the scribes – written down but not lived out. I affirm that You speak out of the depths of who You …
Filling In the Gaps
Holy Father, Thank You for giving me the ears to hear Your Word and for speaking to me, Spirit to spirit (John 8:47; Rom. 8:16). You have warned me that I should be careful what I listen to (Mark 4:24), but I confess that often, I am too busy listening to the clamor of the world rather than to …
The Filling of Spilling
Holy Father, Thank You for choosing us as Your royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9). When You beckoned us toward You, our very entrance into Your Presence is what set us apart. Yet, this distinction wasn’t just so that we could sit on a shelf and look good. No, we were chosen as people who would “obey and be …
Fact or Feeling?
“The promise of His presence knows no limit and has nothing to do with how we feel.” Martha Kirk’s quote from her recent post keeps throbbing in my spirit. Indeed, we walk by faith, not by Sight or (2 Corinthians 5:7) Smell or Taste or Sound or Feeling. Each of those sensory perceptions are sourced from our …
Whatcha Lookin’ At?
The job of our physical eye is to gather information from the world and transfer the images back into our body. So did you know that (in Christ) your spiritual eye gathers information from His Spirit and transfers it into your spirit? Think about how wavelengths of light enter the eye of the body. The image is transmitted …