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Failure, Pride, and God’s Agenda
I wonder sometimes how much I am missing because I am so single-minded in my pursuit of my own personal agenda. What is the voice of my Shepherd saying to me that I can’t hear because I think I know...
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True and Truer
I think that one of the hardest things about being who I am– a pastor’s kid, a Christian school graduate, a Bible college graduate, a pastor’s wife– is the fact that I know all the so-called right...
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His Face, His Grace
I wish I could see His face, right now. I wish Jesus would walk in my back door, help Himself to a cup of coffee, and pull up the chair across from mine. I don’t think He’d mind my pajamas or the...
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Gallery of Grace
I am a masterpiece of God. So are you. This isn’t just my idea of a Friday morning pep talk, although goodness knows I could use one. This is the truth of God– that we are more than just this mess of...
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Forgiven
I have been forgiven. As if it weren’t amazing enough that the magnificent, glorious, eternal, almighty God of the whole universe sees me in all my insignificance, that same God has compassion on me....
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My God Who Knows Me
All the places where I fail Are places where You wait with grace; All the helpless prayers I wail You hear, turning to me Your face. All the wayward wanderings My wild heart insists are right, All the...
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Ugly Packages
Sometimes the package is ugly Sometimes I don’t like what I see– I look at the gift and in pride I believe This can’t be God’s best gift for me. And yet He still offers it freely– This good I regard...
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Fear and the Gift of a Savior
It is somewhat awkward to discover in one’s mid (okay, late) thirties that one has been living a life of fear. Fear of exposure, of the opinions of others, of failure. Fear of being unloved,...
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Walk This Way: A Place to Start
I have named this the year to walk, and it’s interesting how even six days in God is teaching me that my expectations aren’t usually headed in the same direction that His plans are. Every single day I...
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Worthy Unworthy
I am unworthy. This reality– it wounds me, but there is no doubt of its truth. I cannot look in the mirror, look at my unswept floor and my unfolded laundry, look in my own heart, and think for a...
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