I wake up early….usually anywhere between 3:45 and 5:00 am. Early o’clock in the morning I like to call it. Not because I have a bad dream. Or hear something. Or am particularly worried about anything. Sometimes I have to pee, but that’s probably TMI. And rarely does it ever involve falling back asleep. How do people do that anyway? ...
So….I’m in Leviticus in my daily Bible reading, and I have to be honest….I’m tempted to skim over part of it. All the talk on skin diseases and bodily discharges and mold and mildew….seriously? I’d rather be reading about…well….anything else besides skin diseases and mildew. Anyone else with me on that? But today I got stuck on Leviticus 16:2, which ...
It’s a few days into the New Year, and I finally got to do one of my favorite things – start my new journal. I always start it with an entry on my word for the year, and this year was no different. As I looked back on 1/1/15, the word I had in my heart was CONTEND, and it ...
Jesus said in Matthew 11:28-30 in The Message Translation, “I’ll show you how to take a real rest..walk with Me, work with Me, watch how I do it.” Well….life has been happening at such a rapid pace that I’ve been on a quest for rest lately. A quest for balance. And that phrase intrigued me. I kept thinking about it. ...
“You should be like Esther.” These were the first words that popped into my head this morning (after the ever popular “I wish my dog would let me sleep longer”). I know…deep thoughts first thing in the morning. So after a couple mugs of tea, my morning devotions, and some time to really wake up, I thought about it. How ...