Category: Life in Jesus

In this beautiful journey deeper into the Father’s heart over the last year, He has been giving me plenty of testimonies of His love for me.  Things He accomplishes that demonstrate very clearly His delight in me and lavishing love toward me have been easier for me to see.  Whether…

My fear is a result of the desire to be enslaved again. Even though I am not fully alive in my soul when I’m bound by fear, I cling to it like a cherished security blanket. Full of holes but so smooth to the touch, this cheap substitute of alluring…

The little girl in my heart is having a dream revived, but my 30 year old frame is staring fear in the face.  It’s easy to believe the lie that fear is harder to get over now that I’m older, except for the fact that I’m learning the very real…

I get tripped up easily when I lower my gaze to settle on myself.  Not only do I miss the extravagant beauty of my Savior, His worth, and the joy which comes from spilling myself out so He can fill me up, my heart darkens.  My heart is no longer…

Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to…

Of the greatest struggles I’ve faced since knowing Christ, one of the biggest has been living with DNA tainted by the enemy of my soul through sin.  The building blocks of my body have not been the code of full life.  I did not begin knowing Jesus until I was…

I sent an email to Blane recently that said something along the lines of, “This season of life with small kids is hard.  I am responsible for teaching them everything they need to know.  It is filled with training, discipline, and often times, it seems that is what fills our…

Last Sunday, Tony Carter visited our church and preached on the Providence of God. The thrust of his message was that providence is always best seen in hindsight. That is, often times in the midst of a trial, it’s difficult to see the good that will result (Romans 8:28-29) and/or…