“For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 Take some time today to listen to a song that brings peace to your soul. Remember, accepting that the list is unending, can be aContinue reading “Time for Joy: Making Peace (Jeremiah 29:11)”
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Time for Comfort: I’ve Got 99 Problems (Psalm 23)
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” Psalm 23:1 Not unlike the list of things to do in my life, the list of problems is unending. But this is the stuff of life. Our lives are full of problems to be solved, or not solved as the case may be. Problems, and theContinue reading “Time for Comfort: I’ve Got 99 Problems (Psalm 23)”
Time for Joy: In the now (James 4:14)
“Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring.” James 4:14 This week make some time to focus on being present in the moment. Try out one of these practices: At a moment when you have space to think slowly, review your five senses. What do I smell right now? What am I touchingContinue reading “Time for Joy: In the now (James 4:14)”
Time for Comfort: The Lie of Efficiency (Luke 10:41-42a)
“But the Lord answered her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing.’” Luke 10: 41-42a Have you ever noticed the irony that technology brings into our lives? The faster things can be done the more we do. The more we do, the more new thingsContinue reading “Time for Comfort: The Lie of Efficiency (Luke 10:41-42a)”
Time for Joy: Facing our Limits (Genesis 1:14-15)
“And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth.’ And it was so.” -GenesisContinue reading “Time for Joy: Facing our Limits (Genesis 1:14-15)”
Time for Comfort: There is never enough (Ecclesiastes 1:9)
“What has been will be again,what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9 Let’s face it, our culture is infatuated with busy-ness. It is easy to be sucked in. We stack our days full of activities. For many of us the worth we assign ourselves is directlyContinue reading “Time for Comfort: There is never enough (Ecclesiastes 1:9)”
Spiritual Practices: Hopeful Future (Joy- Luke 24:33)
“It is true! The Lord has risen.” -Luke 24:33 Living generously whether it is expressed with our time or our money is one way to acknowledge our trust in God’s future provision. Consider making a gift of time or money to an organization or individual you care about. It could be volunteering at your church,Continue reading “Spiritual Practices: Hopeful Future (Joy- Luke 24:33)”
Spiritual Practices: Grounded Present (Joy- Luke 24:30-31)
“When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.” Luke 24: 30-31 Did you ever notice that joy and gratitude operate together in an upward spiral? In her bookContinue reading “Spiritual Practices: Grounded Present (Joy- Luke 24:30-31)”
Spiritual Practices: Grounded Present (Comfort- Luke 24:34-31)
“When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.” Luke 24: 30-31 It is so easy to imagine oneself along the road to Emmaus. I would have been there.Continue reading “Spiritual Practices: Grounded Present (Comfort- Luke 24:34-31)”
Lent Reflection: Prayer of Restoration (Philippians 2: 9-11)
“Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:Continue reading “Lent Reflection: Prayer of Restoration (Philippians 2: 9-11)”
