Recently, I have taken to describing myself as a cup of coffee. I know, odd isn’t it? Perhaps it would help to explain the context. FRIEND: What happened to that guy you were seeing? ME: I think I am just too strong a cup of coffee for him. Hmmm, maybe it’s not that odd after all. I mean, I could just as easily have said … Continue reading What Kind Of Beverage Are You?
I usually follow a reading plan in the mornings while sipping coffee. I’ve used many plans over the years, currently I am using a “One Year Bible” to help keep me on track. But some days I get side tracked. Well, lots of days I get side tracked and not always for the right reasons. *sigh* This morning I got side tracked when instead of … Continue reading MORNING SIPS: You will get through it
I’ve been in a bit of a funk throughout most of 2020, and in truth a good chunk of 2019 also. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has.
And as the weeks and months of 2020 sloooowly pass by, I have noticed an increasing restlessness for an end to all the things (COVID and other things) that have made 2020 so challenging. Unfortunately, I have also noticed that I’ve been trying to silence that inner restlessness with the wrong things.
Continue reading “Morning Sips: Do you love me more than these?”
What are you fussing about today? Are you ready to “Be Still” and what does that even look like? Continue reading Morning Sips: Be Still and Know
Could submitting to God be as simple as drawing near to God?? If I draw near to God: as in spend time with Him, listen to Him, talk with Him, do things together with Him, perhaps even “affectionately scooch on over closer” just to be near Him …. well, wont I (read more) Continue reading Morning Sips: How to submit to God
…it has taken me several decades to both learn and unlearn. For example:
It’s not enough to learn about the love of God … I also had to unlearn fear.
It’s not enough to learn to trust His love … I also had to unlearn rejection.
It’s not enough to learn to hope in His word … I also had to unlearn doubt….. (read more) Continue reading Morning Sips: A Renewed Mind
You feel a stir in your spirit, or perhaps you receive a promise through the Word of God, and you set out on an adventure of faith with great hope and expectation for the “new and good thing” that you are expecting to happen as a result of this prompting or promise. But time drags on. Discouragement begins to weigh ….. (read more) Continue reading Morning Sips: The Other Side
For those of us who have had parents that have wounded us in word or in action, let us not ascribe their shortcomings and failures to the character of God, our Heavenly Father. Where human love fails, … Continue reading Morning Sips: Abandonment Issues
Putting Hope To Work 