Trusting in Christ one day at a time.
As a child I often spent my summer vacations sprawled out on my bed with my face buried in my most recent discovery from the local library. My parents would regularly complain that I spent all of my time alone in my room cooped up and hidden away from the outside world. But what they […]
Todavía recuerdo el lugar donde nos reunimos. Había un solo cuarto grande divido en partes para hacer de ello 3-4 salones. Esta clase era mi favorita. Había yo estudiado la Biblia toda mi vida pero la forma en que mi maestro ‘Coach’ nos enseñaba era distinto. Cuando él hablaba de la Biblia fue bastante evidente […]
I still remember the fellowship hall where we met Monday-Friday. This one large room was converted into 2-3 classrooms during the week so that our small Christian school could teach its students there. Every day I looked forward to that class. I had learned about the Bible my whole life, but Coach had a way […]
“See the kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.” ~1 John 3:1 “Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see the glory that you have given me because you […]
Recently a friend asked me an interesting question. She said, ‘What’s something, besides what you’re doing right now, that you feel really excited and passionate about doing in the future?’ It didn’t take me long to come up with my answer. It’s one that’s sat in the deepest parts of my heart and the highest […]
“Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?” Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But […]
“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.” ~Psalm 27:14 I’ve never liked waiting. The thought of it makes my inmost being twist up into knots of impatient despair. Over the years I’ve learned to distract myself as I wait so as not […]
My parents like to tell me the story of when I was a child and would offer to pray over a meal. I would start my prayer and begin to thank God for every single item present on the table and my prayer wouldn’t end until I had mentioned everything else that came to mind […]
7 Sometimes I wish everyone were single like me—a simpler life in many ways! But celibacy is not for everyone any more than marriage is. God gives the gift of the single life to some, the gift of the married life to others. 1 Corinthians 7:7 How many times have I heard someone say, “Maybe you […]
Here I am sitting in my apartment in Oaxaca listening to the rain. The world is quiet. But in my head resounds this truth, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and He will make your paths straight.” I painted that […]
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