People ask us all the time, “How do you do everything you do?” Ummmm? Ministry. Kids. Family. All the things. Life is busy for all of us these days. Who else lives tired? “For this purpose I work, striving constantly in reliance upon the strength of Him who is mightily working in me, empowering me.” Colossians 1:29 (tnt) This verse ...
Last night at church we had our First Wednesday Worship night. It’s a time we set aside each month just to worship the Lord. My husband wasn’t able to be there right when it started, so I got to open the service and the Lord gave me a word of encouragement to share. “It’s the end of the day, and ...
Rest. It can be elusive. We’re constantly bombarded with images and screens and noise and crisis. The cacophony of the news in one room and the game in the other and dogs barking and kids fighting and……The mind is always moving. Churning. Thinking. Grappling with problems that overwhelm until we’re exhausted. Weighed down with burdens too big to bear. I just ...
I’m loving this quote by Oswald Chambers regarding 2 Peter 1:5 and drudgery. Drudgery is not something we look forward to or embrace, especially in this entertainment-craved culture we’re living in. It’s kind of a funny word, isn’t it? Drudgery. The word means hard, menial, unpleasant, boring, or dull work. Ho-hum! But drudgery is a part of life. And it ...
Rest. It’s my word for the year in 2016. I’ve been studying it. Reading about it. Seeing what the Word says about it. Practicing it? Well…Ummmm….I’m working on that. Rest means: Desist from exertion. To cease work or movement in order to relax, refresh oneself, and recover strength. On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so ...