Tag Archives: Obedience
Walk in the River
I grew up around a lake, not a river. I spent most of my childhood at the lake, jumping off the cliffs or just walking straight into the water. What we are familiar with shapes our understanding of the Bible; … Continue reading
Migrating Prayers
As I was praying today, one of the items on my list was for the unaccompanied minors at the U.S. border. I have prayed a lot for them over the past few years as the need came before me. I … Continue reading
Can I accept the steak to get to the cow?
I love when God uses every day work things to create a parallel process in my life. I was going about my workday, and boom, I get that slap on the behind to wake me up and move me out … Continue reading
Refusing God
““Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrifying wilderness that you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea. … Continue reading
Awestruck by God
Vocabulary.com defines Awestruck as: To be awestruck is to be full of complete wonder, amazement, or dread for something. I am awestruck by people who make stepping out look so easy. Through the years I have realized that even those … Continue reading
Once We Step out
When it comes to stepping out, it only takes once. Usually it is taking that first step out that is the hardest. As Newton’s law of motions states “An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion … Continue reading
The Argument Waging Within
When it comes to stepping out, I admit I have had quiet a few arguments with God. I used to love to be the center of attention, not so much since I reached adulthood. I like to be used by … Continue reading
In any predicament, count the cost
Predicament, a noun meaning an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation. Stepping out can often feel perplexing. When God asks you to do something you have never done before, the fear and insecurities make you feel like what He is … Continue reading
Exasperate Me
Exasperate – irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely. I have the ability to exasperate others, not intentionally (okay, most of the time not intentionally), but just by way of my matter-of-fact thinking. I can be very black and white in my … Continue reading
You can’t make me #Write28days
I was on the phone with my daughter earlier today and I could hear my granddaughter whimpering in the background. Her mom told her to go to her room or quit. It did not sound like she did either in … Continue reading
