The past few weeks I’ve been talking about finding rest and quietness for our hearts in the wilderness, then sustaining that rest and quietness once we return to our normal lives. The Israelites were in the wilderness, but they did…
Rest in the Wilderness
As I talked about last week, part of the reason God brings us into the wilderness is to help us still our hearts of all the distractions around us. There is a beauty in a still heart to God. Peter…
Just Do It!
A couple weeks ago, I posted about God asking us what we want to do – because He wants us to choose, and then He will be with us in following through on our decision. It’s a new reality of…
Peace Where We’re Called to Be
The past couple weeks (part 1 and part 2), I’ve been discussing finding peace in the place where God calls us. There is a tremendous peace in being in the place God has called us to be. Something I have…
What Would You Like to Do?
Last week I talked about there being peace in the place where God called us. But there is another dimension to calling. There comes a time in, I believe, every Christian’s life where they ask for God’s guidance and…
A Time for Everything (Even the Desert)
In our walk with Christ, there are seasons: times of refreshing, wilderness seasons, times of great growth and of living out that growth. As Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 3, There is a time for everything, And a season for…
We, Like the Desert, are Beautiful
The desert is very dry, and as I said last week, it’s not very beautiful in places. But God created it, and so it is beautiful because He created it and He sees it as beautiful. There is a parallel…
The Ugly Desert is in God’s Design
Face it: many parts of the desert aren’t very pretty. I remember driving (well, I wasn’t driving, since I didn’t even have a learner’s permit then) across central New Mexico, and it was not particularly beautiful. In fact, it…
Loving, Compassionate, and Generous, Like Jesus
Have you ever noticed that it seems to be the people who are the least “Christian” who are the most generous and helpful? It’s not the way it should be; if we were really mirroring Christ, we would be the…
A Promise, a Prayer, and Confirmation of Fulfillment
“And [the seraphim] called out to one another and said, “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts, The whole earth is full of His glory.” (Isaiah 6:3) It is interesting to think that heaven cries out about the…