I am having some deja-vu conversations with my pre-teen daughters about what makes a girl popular in elementary and middle school. They are struggling to find their place in the unseen, but very real, pecking order that exists in the heirarchy of who is cool and who is not. I pray for them to make the right decisions and hold on to what they are wrestling with God as the truth - that real beauty … [Read more...] about Running to the Mercy Seat
Archives for November 2010
Bless Your Name Forevermore
This is absolutely one of my very favorite songs that the Lord uses to lift me out of the pit. I have been singing its lyrics in my mind all morning. The power of our praise, especially praise that comes from a broken or confused heart, is the path that makes the way for the King of kings and Lord of lords to show me that He is the Way Maker, the Redeemer, the Comforter, the Healer, the Provider, … [Read more...] about Bless Your Name Forevermore
Finding Faith
I have been talking to my darling sixth-grade girls about spiritual gifts. We all have them - every single one of us. They are given to us at the moment we ask Jesus Christ to be the Lord of our lives. Sometimes the gifts we are given seem unrelated to our natural talents. I am, by nature, a very shy person. If you met me for the first time, you might be very surprised at how much I keep to … [Read more...] about Finding Faith