It is by no means enough to set out cheerfully with your God on any venture of faith. Tear into smallest pieces any itinerary for the journey which your imagination may have drawn up. Nothing will fall out as you expect. Your guide will keep to no beaten path. He will lead you by a way such as you never dreamed your eyes would look on. He knows no fear and He expects you to fear nothing while … [Read more...] about No Itinerary For A Broken Path
God’s Amazing Gifts: Dependency
Would you describe yourself as being self-reliant?I learned to be self-reliant when I went away to boarding school as a sophomore in high school. I didn't realize what was happening at the time to my heart. I would grow up and marry a wonderful man, but I had unconsciously made a promise to myself that I would never let my heart truly love him the way I wanted or needed to. As a missionary kid … [Read more...] about God’s Amazing Gifts: Dependency
God’s Amazing Gifts: Lost
All of us can remember that terrifying moment as small children when we were separated from our parent in a grocery or department store. There are emotions that rush to the forefront of my mind, burned in my memory, when I think of being lost:Fear,helplessness,a sense of being forgotten,not belonging."For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." Luke 19:10All of us have been lost. … [Read more...] about God’s Amazing Gifts: Lost
God’s Amazing Gifts: Unmet Expectations
Hi friends!What does God's glory look like to you? I would imagine you have your own ideas of what His glory would look like. There was a man who dared to ask the Lord to show him His glory. God's response tohis request is stunning and, frankly, would not have met my expectations for what His glory looks like.How can unmet expectations be a gift to us? I hope you will take a minute to find … [Read more...] about God’s Amazing Gifts: Unmet Expectations
God’s Amazing Gifts
Welcome New Readers!I am excited to be launching my third year of my Christmas Series, God's Amazing Gifts. Like me on Facebook (Shawn Lantz) and join me throughout the month of December for new additions to the God's Amazing Gifts video series. http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Shawn-Lantz/177190276554?fref=ts Below find a list of past videos in this series and links to view … [Read more...] about God’s Amazing Gifts
Remember
Some of us are finding it more difficult to readily offer thanks this time of the year because... LIFE IS HARD. My husband and I are facing a very difficult circumstance of job loss right now. We have no direction, although we have prayed and prayed and poured out our hearts to the One we know can change our circumstances in a second. Waiting is the most difficult thing to learn to do … [Read more...] about Remember