Out of the Chaos
Inspiration for living outside of the chaos.
Tag: chaos
Daily Reads 05.18.2019
Read: 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 At the end of chapter 12, Paul says, “But now let me show you a way of life that is best of all.” And he writes what it means to live a life of love. Basically, if you are all amazing in everything, but have no love, you missed it. Honesty …
One Body, Many Parts
My decision to see a kinesiologist came after some friends observed me getting off a bar height chair at a restaurant to go to the ladies room. When I returned to the table, they asked me what in the world was wrong. I explained my right leg was giving me trouble, specifically my hip, and …
Daily Reads 05.08.2019
Listen: Just Be by Kim Walker Smith Before you click out of this post thinking, “I don’t have time to listen to a song right now!” let me tell you, it will take less than five minutes of your time. Will you choose to be concerned about the details or sitting at the feet of …
Hurry, hurry, hurry!
How often in a day do you say “Hurry up!” That phrase pops into my head way more than I care to admit. I am most likely to say, “Come on! Hurry up!” when I am driving. No one drives quite as well as I do…said everyone! So it seems I am in a hurry …
Daily Reads 05.06.2019
Last week we focused on being learners. I emphasized that there is no pressure to know it all right now because there are just lots of things we just haven’t learned yet. Another mantra that goes hand in hand with “we are all just learning here” is “We have all the time we need!” There …
Spring Clean-up
Spring clean-up. Right now, that is a loaded phrase and one that could send me running from the room screaming, holding my head. It always feels like this at this time of year. It is the end of April and we have had just enough warm days to raise our hope that winter is over …
Daily Reads 04.22.2019
What does it mean to follow Jesus? If it isn’t found in following rules and it isn’t found in a life of self-denial and it isn’t about mysterious experiences, what is it? Read: Matthew 16:24; John 10:27; John 13:34-35 If I could summarize the verses above, it would sound like this: Stop thinking about only …
Daily Reads 04.21.2019
Read: John 20:1-10 An empty tomb! That’s what the women found when they rushed to the garden early that Sunday morning. Despair filled their hearts as they attempted to find Jesus’ body. It made sense to stay at the tomb. I find it easy to stay at the tomb, to hang around outside. You know, …
Daily Reads 04.18.2019
Following Jesus does not mean adhering to a long list of rules and regulations (legalism) designed to control our behavior so we are right with God. Jesus makes us right with God; we don’t have to work for righteousness. Reading: Colossians 2:18, 23 The second thing Paul said to get rid of in our quest …
Jesus Alone – You bet!
I have always been a very devout person. I think my personality, my experiences – and perhaps my birth order – combined in me so that I always wanted to be “good.” I followed the rules (except once in fourth grade I stretched the truth so I could go to an event my mom didn’t …
Out of the Chaos 