I went through an awful season some years back. I needed some answers from God Himself — it was one of those “crisis of belief” times that Henry Blackaby so eloquently talked about in “Experiencing God.” This blog deals with that.
The gate of the year, 2024
“The Gate of the Year” is the popular name of a poem by Minnie Louise Haskins. She titled it “God Knows.” This will give you comfort and encouragement as we face 2024.
Finding Hope In the Midst of Struggles.
I’m all about finding hope in the midst of struggles. Life is full of struggles, challenges, and difficulties that can sometimes make us feel hopeless and helpless. Whether it’s dealing with sickness, financial problems, broken relationships, or any other kind of setback, it’s easy to lose faith and feel like there’s no way out. However, […]
How can I encourage other people?
I’d love to encourage you to encourage someone else. You may not feel that you can pull that off. Are you so far in the pits that you don’t have anything to offer? You may be the one who needs to be encouraged. I get that. I’d suggest, though, that you will be encouraged by […]
Perseverance – how to hang in there.
Perseverance. Hanging in there. We need to talk about this. I’d contend that a lot of the problems and issues we face are due to simply giving up too soon. We got tired, or distracted, or listened to our inner demons.
Why NOT me?
“Why me?” Have you ever asked that? I have, and I’ll bet you have too. I don’t think it’s because any of us feel entitled, but it is a natural response when things are piling up on us. Why me? It’s a hard question. I’ve prayed plenty of prayers that started out with “Why…?” Several […]
God knows. 7 thoughts.
God knows.
Actually, He knows everything about you. He knows your thoughts before you think them. He knows what will be going on in your life on November 5, 2022, 7:13 p.m.
That’s called omnipotence. God knows all.
I don’t even begin to comprehend that.
My understanding of that truth, though, is actually pretty comforting. Maybe you knowing God knows will comfort you, too.
You screwed up. So did I.
I screwed up. You did too. Think about it. If you backtrack through your life, you can come up with a painfully long list of times you screwed up. Some of those incidents were no big deal, like not picking up something at Walmart that was on your shopping list. Other times you’ve screwed up […]
Welcome to uncertain times.
Uncertain times. Would you consider the days we live in uncertain times? I watch the news, sometimes … if you’ve been following this blog for any length of time, you know that I encourage you in uncertain times to back away from that 24-hour news cycle. It will work on you. It will diminish your […]
The Gate of the Year, 2022.
“The Gate of the Year” is the popular name of a poem by Minnie Louise Haskins. She titled it “God Knows.” I’d like for this to give you some comfort facing 2022.
Promises, promises – 6 thoughts about Christmas.
There are all sorts of promises involving Christmas. This’ll be my obligatory Christmas blog, because I think I’ll take next week off. Or maybe recycle something. Anyway. As Christians, we are so indeed fortunate to be able to celebrate the coolest holiday ever. I was eating lunch at a local restaurant yesterday, and the building […]
Cruising through chaos, revisited.
Some time back I developed a workshop/course called Cruising Through Chaos. My intent was to equip folks with the proper emotional, mental, and spiritual tools to not only survive the chaos we find ourselves in, but to even thrive in the midst of it.