You’re my place of quiet retreat; I wait for your Word to renew me. Ps 119:114 (MSG) I'm an introvert, an INFJ (for all my ‘Myers-Briggs’ friends). I have hiding (hermit-ing) down to a fine art. There are days where my personality requires isolation until I am...
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. – Heb 12:1...
…let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. Heb 12:1 (NLT) God has created you on purpose for purpose, and that purpose isn’t for you to stumble...
You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy – Psalm 16:11 (NKJV) You are always in ’the presence of God.’ Col 1:17, says “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” He is everywhere, in the fabric of everything....
When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence. Bow in prayer. Don’t ask questions… Lam 3:28-29 (MSG) We are all for questioning. Asking questions gets you clearer answers, it solidifies your faith and grows your wisdom and...
For unto us a child is born… Isaiah 9:6 (NIV) ”The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned… For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders....
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS – NO ROOM AT THE INN The day she told him she was with child, one that could not be his, everything changed. How he wrestled with this news… This girl was trustworthy, honest, pure… The news was so shockingly unexpected, he...
And his name will be the hope of all the world. Matt 12:21 (NLT) Is a person different by the name they carry? Does it make them a different person if they change their name? As Shakespeare has suggested in the epic ‘Romeo and Juliet’, “What’s in a name…?” People...
Peace on earth, goodwill toward men! Luke 2:14 (NKJV) (Click here to read the full length version.) On December 1, I was in my usual Christmas Bubble – Cinnamon in the air, Carols up loud… wonder and whimsy all around… Then a few things happened that...
The word became flesh and blood and moved into the Neighbourhood… John 1:14 (MSG) “In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed at the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing...
