Grace, no way around it.

2 Peter 1:2 GRACE and PEACE be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. Sometimes we may believe vindication by acknowledgement for the injustices we feel have been committed against us will bring us peace, but the reality is that this door to true peace […] Read more »

Jesus is one cool dude…

Matthew 4: 24-25 Word got around the entire Roman province of Syria. People brought anybody with an ailment, whether mental, emotional, or physical. Jesus healed them, one and all. More and more people came, the momentum gathering. Besides those from Galilee, crowds came from the “Ten Towns” across the lake, others […] Read more »

REST: Found and Given

Matthew 11: 28-29 Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden and I will give you REST. Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find REST for your souls.  For My yoke is easy […] Read more »

Where is God?

Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labours with birth pangs together until now.  Seeing the utter devastation of earthquakes and tsunamis with so many lives lost and communities destroyed, we all grieve; hearts break.  Pictures are sent around the world informing us of ongoing global disasters, […] Read more »

S.O.A.R

Genesis 1: 27 So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. In order to be able to trust someone, it helps to know them. We were made in God’s image, in His likeness. We love like Him because He is love. (1 […] Read more »

Barak me, not just Obama

Galatians 3: 13-14 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”) so that theblessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise […] Read more »

Beauty in the Midst

Song of Solomon 5:16 His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. Love is beautiful, it is undeniable. When something is beautiful we use love to describe it and usually can’t help but keep looking at it. It can be said of a beautiful woman, ‘She looks lovely’. Beauty requires […] Read more »

It’s a Promise

Chef: ‘Adding eggs to the cake mixture AND baking it completely – the cake WILL RISE.’ I fully admit it, I have anger issues; moments of inner rage when pushed around by certain authority figures manifesting outwardly in a complaint to someone around, ‘ugh they’re so frustrating!’; fuming under my […] Read more »

Giants only See What You Say

There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.” Numbers 13:33 (New King James Version) Just a few days ago, Victor, a bro from my care group shared with me Numbers 13:33.  […] Read more »