Out of the Chaos
Inspiration for living outside of the chaos.
Tag: god
Daily Reads 11.18.2019
Change is inevitable. What characterizes your response to change? Are you in a season of change and wondering what is happening? As you listen to this song, allow it to stir your heart and give thought to change. Is it a friend or foe? Looking forward to the week together!
Daily Reads 11.15.2019
When I sew, I use special feet on my machine to ensure the desired results. My 1/4 inch foot helps me keep my seam exactly at 1/4 inch width. The button hole foot delivers a perfect button hole every time. The button foot enables me to sew a button on in exactly the right place …
Daily Reads 11.13.2019
Sewing requires a certain amount of precision. I piece quite a few quilt tops. If you wonder what I do with all of them, I do too. Maybe they will become wedding gifts…who knows. Piecing requires a great deal of precision. Generally, a one quarter inch seam allowance is required for accurate piecing. Actually, though, …
As I Sew…
Today we are getting the first real snow of the season. I admit, it isn’t really pretty yet. The snow is fine and wet, just beginning to cover the ground. The grass still peaks through and the concrete is warmer than the snow, so it melts off pretty fast. Today it isn’t giving me warm …
Daily Reads 11.09.2019
“It’s your breath in our lungs so we pour out our praise ….” (Casting Crowns song “Great is our God”) Today use your breath to pour out your praise to God! Anxiety creeps in and steals our joy, our hope and our courage. Pouring our praise out to the One who gives our breath sends …
Daily Reads 11.06.2019
Today is a dark day. My body tells me long before my mind knows that I am struggling. My breath becomes shallow and I have difficulty taking a full breath. So what did I do? Honestly, I kept myself busy and tried to block out the voices in my head. What did the voices tell …
It’s Foggy In Here
I was privileged to visit Maui, Hawaii the last week of October. As sometimes happens, our flight home left at 10:15 p.m. Checkout time at the hotel was noon, of course, so we had about eight hours to kill before we left for the airport. I don’t know about you, but I wasn’t looking forward …
Daily Reads 11.01.2019
Job, thought to be the oldest writing in the Old Testament, is one of my favorite books. Some say it is an allegory contrasting man’s finiteness with God’s infinite, sovereign character. Some say it is the real life account of a man named Job. I say it is comforting and inspiring. At this point, some …
Daily Reads 10.31.2019
Read: Jonah 1:1-3, 12-17; 3:1-3 Jonah was a man chosen by God to do an incredible task – share his message of grace with a wicked people. But Jonah didn’t like these people so he went the other way. God didn’t give up on him though. He pursued Jonah and through an unlikely event, he …
Daily Reads 10.30.2019
Read: Acts 8:3, 9:1-9 Saul’s story also included a dramatic event. It changed everything about the trajectory of his life. He had been fully trained in the belief system of the Pharisees and it did not include a sympathetic stand toward those who followed the way of Jesus. He was committed to eliminating anyone who …
Out of the Chaos 