Tag: Jesus
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Life without the Force
“Life without using force.” Sounds very Star Wars, doesn’t it? But this is essentially what I answered when someone asked me what I’ve been learning in a hard, limiting season. I’ve always been a doer with a fairly high capacity. The planner. The organizer. The host. The follow-upper. Lately, I haven’t been able to *make*…
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God is Sufficient for Your False Guilt
“I feel bad about…” I began. My husband joked it was time for my daily list of “things I feel guilty about that I probably have no control over anyway.” If only he wasn’t right! Too often, I find myself stuck replaying all the ways I could have done better, loved more, anticipated and therefore…
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In No Hurry
I am a person of hurry. No one who knows me hasn’t felt rushed by me at one point or another. But God takes His time. His plan to save us and adopt us as His own – in the fullness of time long-awaited – took time, humanly speaking.
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When It Looks Like Jesus Gave Up…
People jeered as they looked at the man who’d performed miracles too good to be true and made lofty claims about his own power. For all His talk, Jesus sure didn’t seem strong enough to remove the nails holding Him to the cross. Some thought of one of the things Jesus said He would do:…
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Dealing With What You Didn’t Choose
One of the greatest evidences of sin, in my experience, is this: Victims must confess the crimes committed against them. For criminals to go behind bars, victims have to share what was done to them. Those harmed in ways that cause lasting damage have to live everyday with someone else’s choices. There are things outside…
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3 Laws of Change
Her wrinkled hand clasped my arm for stability as we took a slight step down. “I need help ever since it happened,” she said apologetically. “Since what?” I asked, unsure if she had an injury I hadn’t heard about and ought to be aware of. Playfully, she shot back, “since I got old!” The sweet…
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Paradox of Perfection Book Review
“Umm…” My husband said hesitantly as he reviewed a recent work project of mine, “Did you want me to give feedback on this?” Taking a deep breath, I braced myself and nodded. I had expected, “oh cool,” not the implication there was a problem. “The word ‘success’ is spelled wrong,” he grimaced. So it was….
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What Does It Cost Me? (Mini-Series Part II)
He plucked at his fingernails with his arms crossed. Defiant young eyes averted and glazed over in anticipation of another scolding. At the end of a long work day, in the midst of an already stressful week, I felt certain my patience-tank was too empty to be as loving as I ought to be toward…
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Who is Paying the Price? (Mini-Series)
When my guy and I were first married, we lived and worked in an inn. Our “front” door opened into the front office. Guests checking in smelled whatever I’d made for dinner, and co-workers would have needed earplugs to not overhear what was said in our living room. The proximity to others was a privilege-…
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Don’t Flush!
Rushing down the sidewalk after a few too many hours on road with stops, I couldn’t wait to reach the bathroom. Slamming the stall door shut, I suddenly found myself distracted. The rest stop caretakers had posted the most specific sign I’d seen in a loo. What’s happening that you need to flush your undergarments?!…