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4. We Need His Help Always {I’m Tired, Lord Devotional Series}
“I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from?” (Psalm 121:1) There are questions we get tired of asking, but often ask repeatedly when we’re worn out. We wonder what time it is, when we’ll finally get some rest, when it all will stop, what the point is after all….
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3. Where Does Our Help Come From? {I’m Tired, Lord Devotional Series}
“I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from?” (Psalm 121:1) Sometimes when we’re weary we find ourselves looking around a lot – for things we’ve forgotten, missed, or lost. For solutions to help us get real rest. That our help comes to us because God comes for us is…
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2. We Lift Our Eyes to the Mountains {I’m Tired, Lord Devotional Series}
“I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from?” (Psalm 121:1) When we just want to close our eyes, but can’t, there’s one place we can always look for help. Up. “Looking up” has long symbolized seeking God. Through Psalm 121, travelers sang about lifting their eyes to the mountains,…
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1. God Cares {I’m Tired, Lord Devotional Series}
Life is a journey, and when we’re tired, it can feel like a long one. Even if we know it’s worth it. Even if we’re looking forward to our destination: eternity with God. Even if we know we’re walking with God. Tiredness despite faithfulness isn’t new. We see many of God’s people in the Bible…
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I’m Tired, Lord {30 Day Devotional Series}
Tired minds tend to go in loops. You start with one thought, get lost on the way to the next, and come back to where you started. Each day for the next 30 days, I’ll post a series of short devotions that are meant to help your tired thought loop come back again and again…
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What Does It Mean to Glorify God?
Do you ever get stuck on a “but what does it mean?” train of thought? I got on this train while thinking about glorifying God after writing my last post about 1 Corinthians 10:31. The notion of glorifying God sometimes seems vague to me! What does it actually look like in every day to glorify…
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It’s Very Simple, and Very Complicated
I love that God’s Word can handle both the really simple and the really complicated. For example, 1 Corinthians 10:31 says: “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” Eating and drinking are basic necessities of life. Most of us eat and drink daily; many…
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One Mind, One Mission
What makes a group project so hard? Why is planning a family trip that everyone will enjoy so complicated? How is it that even when we’re all together we can still feel alone? People. We’re all so different! Having one mind among many people isn’t an easy thing. In fact, it’s impossible in and of…
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From, Through, For (And what happens when we emphasize one over the others)
Romans 11:36 is one of those verses I come back to over and over again: “For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.” The verse is nestled between the first part of Romans, which focuses on who our sovereign God is and what He’s…
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Death, Where Is Your Sting?
Call me morbid, but the first time I heard the famous song, “Live Like You Were Dying,” I thought, “Well . . . we are.” We are all dying, day by day, until we wind up in the grave or Jesus comes back again. The aim of the song, of course, is to encourage people…