I’ve been working off a master “to do” list for over a month now, life has been that busy. I had six writing deadlines to finish on April 1, alone, and felt a lot of pressure to finish up before I leave on a quick trip. Stress had built in countless ways. It’s all ironic since my 2011 resolution was…
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Would God really say, “I’m tired of blessing her?”
Would God really say I’m tired of blessing you?
God’s Lens: What might He be thinking?
What does God’s lens look like in complicated circumstances? “Turning the prism” is how I think of it. Turning the prism and looking through God’s lens, means trying to see things from a different point of view. We’re all familiar with the Scripture passage from James 1:2 that tells us to “count it all joy when you meet various trials.”…
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Shame on Me? No, Thanks.
I hate feeling shame. Prior to speaking on the topic “Turning the Prism: Looking at the Circumstances of Your life Through God’s Lens,” I thought a lot about shame. As I prayed and reviewed my notes, I recognized the shame-filled negative example I’d used often in my life. Riffing off 1 Thessalonians 5:18: “in everything give thanks for this is…
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Is the Job Always Better at Someone Else’s House?
I’m off on a retreat this weekend, the Mt. Gilead Women’s Retreat in beautiful Sebastopol, California. We’ll listen to fireman’s wife Susan Farren talk about the things the Lord has shown her through the agonies of living with a man who puts his life on the line everyday. She’s also the mother of five children and folks tell me she’s…
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If It’s Written Down, It Must be True.
My third son always dashed into the house after school with the same words on his lips: “What’s for dinner?” Invariably, I’d look up from the computer with a woozy brain–still caught in the 1830’s Texas, 1720’s Virginia, or even a mere 1918 Utah–and feel totally blank. “What’s for dinner, Mom?” “Dinner,” I’d grope for the concept and finally remember….
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