Tag: turmoil

OUT OF THE CHAOS 09.14.2021

In the overnight hours, the scripture from Isaiah 9 promising a Messiah, someone to carry my burdens and set me free, ran through my mind. Isaiah foretells the birth of a child followed by qualifying phrases that describe what the Messiah will accomplish and the kind of person he will be to his people. The …

OUT OF THE CHAOS 06.18.2021

4“If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it? 5And when he has found it, he will joyfully carry it home on his shoulders. 6When he …

OUT OF THE CHAOS 06.17.2021

On Tuesday, I shared a song from way back in the archives entitled, “Father, I Place into your Hands.” There is one verse of that song that particularly hit home with me. Father, I want to be with youAnd do the things you do.Father, I want to speak the wordsThat you are speaking too.Father, I …

Daily Reads 10.23.2019

Read: Psalm 91:1-2 Carefully read these two verses. Last week I explored what it meant to thrive rather than just survive. The key to thriving is outlined here. Living in the shelter of the Most High God means I have surrended my will to the Creator of my soul. It means that I trust his …

Daily Reads 2.04.2019

This is my birthday week. Fifty some years ago my mom waited in expectation of a sixth child. She already had five children ages 7-10 and a one year old. She anticipated I would be a good playmate for my brother. Only time would tell if that expectation became a reality. Expectations are funny things. …