"Trust in the Lord with all your heart" Proverbs 3:5
Remember when you were a child and you would spin in a circle as fast as you could, for as long as you could, until you fell over? There were many techniques to this. You had to consider where to look: you could pick a focal point right in front of you and keep your [...]
In 2 Chronicles God asks Solomon what He should give him. Solomon says "...grant me wisdom and knowledge so that I may lead these people..." God gives Solomon what he asked for, but He acknowledges that Solomon could have asked for much more. God said to Solomon, “Because your greatest desire is to help your [...]
I was watching a video where a woman was talking about following our callings, and she recited John 10:27: "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me." I instantly got emotional. For 3 years I've heard the message "wait." I don't know why, and I don't know what I'm waiting [...]
I was reading through 2 Samuel and noticed a name I had never paid much attention to: Ittai. Don't recognize the name either? Let's talk about who he was. Ittai was from Gath, a Philistine city. Another Philistine you'd recognize from the Bible is Goliath, the giant David killed with a slingshot and a stone. [...]
We are forgetful beings. We forget loved one's birthdays, where we put our keys, even memories go hazy around the edges, details lost to time. And sometimes we don't even remember we forgot. That might sound weird, but its likely someone will eventually mention the birthday party you missed and you won't forget the existence [...]
Sunset on a cloudy sky
"The Lord God formed out of the ground every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name." Genesis 2:19 This detail is such a beautiful image of fatherhood. I used [...]
Words are hard to form in the face of grief. Well-meaning people say things that are less than helpful to those having a difficult time. We have a tendency to want to fix other people's problems, including their grief. We say things like "well, at least..." "everything happens for a reason" and "just be thankful [...]
We've all been in situations we wanted to change. Whether they were situations of mild discomfort or life or death, it's likely there have been moments you prayed for God to intervene. My prayers for change usually end up being very similar to one another: "please change this," "please remove this obstacle," "please make this [...]
Deuteronomy 2:5 "You've been traveling around this hill country long enough; turn north. Command the people: You are about to travel through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so be very careful. Don't provoke them, for I will not give you and [...]
Always Emily 