Journeying Home Together
Every year God reveals something new to me about Christmas. About how Mary must have felt, for example, the year I myself was large with child. About how God’s illogical love for us makes Christmas possible in the first place. About how Jesus came as a baby in order to understand what we endure through life in these earthly bodies. About how Christmas comes whether we’re ready or not, but it’s
Prayer Focus: Marriages Central Scripture: “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” (Genesis 2:24) Prayer: Gracious Father, I thank You today for the structure of family as You designed it to be. I thank You for the gift of marriage, and the illustration it provides of Your love for Your Church. Thank You
Prayer Focus: Sense of Purpose and Calling Central Scripture: “For we are God’s masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Ephesians 2:10) Prayer: Creator God, thank You for having a plan for my life. Thank You for designing me on purpose and with a particular future in mind. You have knit me together intentionally and deliberately, and I praise
Prayer Focus: Knowledge of Spiritual Gifts and Opportunity to Use Them Central Scripture: “Now about spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be ignorant.” (1 Corinthians 12:1) Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for giving us Your Spirit to equip us as we walk through this life. Thank You for coming to dwell inside of us, helping us to walk in supernatural power and experience You intimately.
Prayer Focus: Wisdom Central Scripture: “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.” (James 1:5 Prayer: Eternal Father, I am so thankful for Your wisdom. When we think we know what we need, You give us what is best. When we think we know where to go, You lead us in the better
Prayer Focus: Trust in God Central Scripture: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct Your paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6) Prayer: Gracious God, thank You for Your leadership over our lives. It all comes back to Your unfailing love for us, that You would be intimately involved in the daily workings of our lives. A
Hi, friends! I hope you’re doing well and are either settling back into your new-school-year routines or are enjoying what’s left of your summer. Here in my corner of the world we’re finishing up our first full week of the school year. (Read: we’re all exhausted, routines are being established – for better or worse, and as my daughter said in the car yesterday about a math assignment she was
The creativity of God knows no limits. I believe that He is One who sees what we perceive to be impossible situations and says, “I can work with that.” I believe He is One who sees things that appear to be dead ends and says, “Well, that’s a start.” I believe He is One who looks on darkness and sees no problem…who sees hopelessness and announces a new beginning…who looks
Today is Ash Wednesday. It’s Lent already, and I don’t have a plan. Some of you are appalled reading that. Some of you have known for awhile what you were going to do (or not do) during Lent. God spoke to you – you heard His voice – and now you’ve already begun your fast (or your new habit). If that’s you and you’re a blogger, you’ve probably had blog
If you’ve known me long, you know that I simply adore the way God takes the messiest parts of our lives – those parts that we want to keep hidden in dark obscurity – and redeems them into unimaginable beauty. ViBella Jewelry believes in the way God does this, and is working in some of the darkest places in the world to reclaim beauty and restore lives. I’m excited to
