Out of the Chaos
Inspiration for living outside of the chaos.
Tag: scripture
OUT OF THE CHAOS 02.09.2021
10“If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities. 11And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven? 12And if you are not faithful with other people’s things, …
OUT OF THE CHAOS 02.08.2021
24This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 Not only is this day the one the Lord has made, but this moment is the one he planned. Many times I find myself not in the moment. Either I am looking ahead with curiosity and worry or trailing …
OUT OF THE CHAOS 02.05.2021
8While the people of Israel were still at Rephidim, the warriors of Amalek attacked them. 9Moses commanded Joshua, “Choose some men to go out and fight the army of Amalek for us. Tomorrow, I will stand at the top of the hill, holding the staff of God in my hand.” 10So Joshua did what Moses had …
OUT OF THE CHAOS 02.04.2021
Today I rejoice in the sun. It shines from the sky, warming the earth, lighting the day. 14Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years. 15Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And …
OUT OF THE CHAOS 02.03.2021
Today was a windy, cold day in southwest Florida. Waves pounded the shorelines, sand blew across the beach filling my shoes, cold penetrated my clothes while the wind wreaked havoc with my hair. Too loud for conversation, I walked in silence as I scoured the beach for treasures. Even with all the wind and resulting …
OUT OF THE CHAOS 02.02.2021
I am grateful today for family. I had meaningful interactions with all three of my children, I reunited with my youngest sister and tomorrow my mom will join us in Florida. Family has many meanings. Sometimes it is the people we share biological beginnings with, other times it is the people who share our lives …
OUT OF THE CHAOS 01.29.2021
Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Hebrews 11:1 There is an undeniable link between faith and hope. Faith is the confidence in our expectation. Without faith, there is no hope. Without hope…well, we are not truly alive. I do not …
OUT OF THE CHAOS 01.27.2021
My first dream, the hope of my heart from a very young age was to one day be a wife and mother. I planned for it, I imagined it, I wanted it. Did I confidently expect it? Perhaps. Until one day in the sixth grade, a classmate told me she didn’t know who would ever …
OUT OF THE CHAOS 01.26.2021
Hope: looking forward with confident expectation. As I scour the scriptures to build a theology of hope, I find that hope is always linked to Jesus’ death on the cross. It is his death that secures my future. I am guaranteed eternity with him in heaven and I look forward to it with confident expectation. …
OUT OF THE CHAOS 01.25.2021
HOPE. What does that word mean to you? If you were to put your level of hope right now on a continuum, where would you fall if ONE is without hope and TEN is overflowing with hope? Scripture is not silent about hope. In fact, it seems I have every reason to live with overflowing, …
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