Happy New Year, friends! I love a new year. A new month, a new week, a new day. A new year, a new morning means new mercies to me. The beautiful grace-filled thing is that His mercies truly are new every morning, every moment.If you've felt far from the Lord recently, I invite you to simply turn to Him. Confess that you don't feel His nearness. Open His Word and just read a verse. Maybe this verse that I have planned for each day in January. Maybe you don't feel far from the Lord but you're not ... Read More about 31 Verses for the New Year
Incline my heart to You
Help me to run to You, my strong tower; cause me to desire You above all else. Incline my heart to You, God. You are my strong tower, my refuge, my only hope and peace and joy.Help me to lay down my desires, my timetable, my plans, my perceived control, and run after You. I want Your desires to be mine.All to Jesus, I surrender, all to Him I freely give. I will ever love and trust Him, in His presence daily live.I’m running after You, Jesus.You alone make me dwell in safety. Your name is my ... Read More about Incline my heart to You
New Perspective
A new perspective on my favorite passage in the Bible. Can we preach the gospel to our hearts like he did in Lamentations 3? Can we turn our thoughts around and remind our hearts of where our TRUE hope comes from??? I can tell you it takes practice. And more practice. And choosing the hope over and over again. And you work on it and you fail and you try again. But it’s so worth it to not be stuck in the old negative thoughts that leave you feeling despair and suck the life right out of you. ... Read More about New Perspective
Joy comes in the morning
Weeping may last for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:5The "night" may be a season, it may be our time here on earth. But we can be certain, walking by faith and not by sight, that joy will come.Sometimes that comes as moments of joy in the middle of grief. The call or text from a friend at just the right moment. Laughter. Your favorite song comes on the radio. A new plant. Your dog.But also it comes when we choose to fix our eyes on Jesus and remind ourselves that one day, some ... Read More about Joy comes in the morning
Because He Lives
And the next day. And the next day. And the next day.Hope was born on resurrection day. Real hope. Hope that lasts. Hope that doesn’t disappoint.Because of the resurrection, we can face tomorrow, no matter what it holds. The resurrection doesn’t take away the suffering we still face here on earth. The cross came before the resurrection.But the resurrection gives our Fridays and Saturdays a different ending. An empty tomb. Death to life. Beauty from ashes. ... Read More about Because He Lives