Snatched Up

This is Sebastian.  He is our 5 month old kitten, and in the few weeks he has been living with us, he has turned our house upside down in that wonderful way fur babies can.  He makes us laugh…he helps us relax…it’s all pretty wonderful. However, Sebastian is a very,...

Calm

After all of my thinking and meditating over the past few days on the idea of storms within my spirit, I chuckled a little this morning when I saw that my devotional plan led me to this passage for today. That day, when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us...

The Freedom in Chains

“Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the Gospel.  As a result, it has become clear…to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.”  (Philippians 1:12) My struggle with anxiety – that ever present...

The Morning After

This morning, I awoke with an inexplicable sadness.  Maybe you did, too. It’s not like the sadness I’ve dealt with a lot lately, but more like a letdown somehow.  It was that feeling of, “Now what?” that comes after a long-anticipated event.  I walked into the family...

This Man Jesus

As Jesus walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth.  “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.  While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him.  When the...