My Child, I see you. I see your fears, your fatigue, your frustration. You fall exhausted into bed each night because you’ve forgotten the Source of your strength. The truth is that you alone cannot fix it. The loneliness, the hurt, the grief. No matter how you try, it’s not within your power. You can’t find your son a job …
Critical Breakthrough
Why do breakthroughs in prayer surprise me? I’d prayed over this request specifically for over two years, but God’s affirmative answer still shocked me. Maybe desperation holds more sway with God than I realized. In the course of this journey, I learned three powerful lessons regarding desperate prayer that will forever shape my critical intercession. 1) Just because …
To Be Opened On Your 40th Birthday
Dear Son, By the time that you read this, you will be a man. Because I may not be present for your celebration, I wanted to send you my thoughts on this special consecration day. I’d always dreamed of this day, but it was so much different than I expected. I’d dreamed of walking to the temple …
Connecting with God
So how does your body connect with the outside world? Through your senses, right? Sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch allow our bodies to perceive what is going on around us. Cookies in the oven? Our nose knows as we walk through the door. Mosquito gnawing on your ankle? Our skin alarms us by that …
Dual Dimensions
As believers, we are people who live in one dimension and yet hail from another. It’s a difficult concept to deal with, but if we can grasp clearly the duality of our current existence, it helps us walk on a firmer foundation. I remember reading Alice and the Looking Glass as a child. I was memorized by the …