Nothing could have prepared my husband and me for the love we feel for our brand new granddaughter – even though plenty of our friends tried to make us ready for it. But the moment we saw her, our hearts beat differently. I remember feeling this way when our sons were born. I marveled atContinueContinue reading “Embraced by Love: Promises and Peace”
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Embrace Worship: Roots
Our Georgia backyard is dotted with trees. Towering trees, averaging fifty feet tall! When storms blow in, these trees don’t just sway. They bend. Back and forth, their trunks lean toward the earth, then bounce back the other way like a hold-your-breath kind of highwire dance. We can hardly watch for fear they’ll plop rightContinueContinue reading “Embrace Worship: Roots”
Hidden Agendas: Eternity
Heaven. What pictures pop into your mind when you read the word, heaven? Angels, pearly gates, throne room, streets of gold, joyful reunions? And you’d have listed many of the Bible’s descriptions of heaven.1 How about ‘clouds and sky’? We may hesitate and question the location of heaven – is it really ‘up’? I mean,ContinueContinue reading “Hidden Agendas: Eternity”
Hidden Agendas: God
I wanted to attend my first New Room Conference so much that when my friend couldn’t go at the last minute, I still went. Alone. With great anticipation, I packed and drove myself to the airport. Without hesitation, I picked up my rental car and navigated Nashville – just me and the GPS. But somethingContinueContinue reading “Hidden Agendas: God”
Dwell: In God’s Goodness and Mercy
Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my lifePsalm 23:6a On this journey with the Shepherd King, David, we’ve trekked through fields and valleys and mountaintops to get to this final verse–to be reminded that Psalm 23 is a looking back. David gazes upon this life he has walked with hisContinueContinue reading “Dwell: In God’s Goodness and Mercy”
Behold: Love
One morning this fall, wrapped in a warm blanket and settled in my cozy chair, I set out to read my daily Scriptures and devotion, having no clue that the prayer at the end would ignite in me a new searching, a new longing: “Come, Holy Spirit, and help me learn to behold Jesus inContinueContinue reading “Behold: Love”