Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will makeyour paths straight. This verse was in my head today. I don’t know why, but since it’s not about my own understanding, that’s okay. There’s a lot I don’t understand, like why my family is stuck…
Tag Archive: God’s will
Deliberately Made
Psalm 119:73 (YOD) Your hands have made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding that I may learn Your commandments. The word for made is ‘asah. I’ve always thought of this as God putting me together and forming me, but it’s more than that. Asah “is a verb that usually means a deliberate action with…
Seventh Day
A Thought on Trying to Rest Ah, sabbath. Let me tell you, it’s a lot easier to talk about rest than it is to actually rest. My husband almost had to go in to work, I had to clean out the refrigerator (certainly not by choice, but life happened), and because of that the trash…
Moses – Meek Among Men
Numbers 12: 3-8 Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.…6And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. 7Not so with…
Predestination vs. Free Choice
There was a question someone asked on a blog about predestination vs. free choice. I don’t think I have all the answers, but I thought I’d share the way I think of it. First, let me preface with saying that this is my opinion. You may not agree and that’s okay. Also, I think that…
Planted
It all started when I wanted to see what Skip had written today. It turned out to the another in the “Answer” series. It was about sin and the use of color to describe our sins. It was interesting, so I followed the tags… And came here. This is a look at what sin really…
God's No Clockmaker
Psalm 11:4 But the LORD is in his holy Temple; the LORD still rules from heaven. He watches everything closely, examining everyone on earth. In teaching American Literature I’ve learned that there is a mindset that believes that God made the earth and then just left it to run itself – the “Clockmaker God. But…
Control Freak
From Skip Moen’s post “The Anguish of God”: Even in our religious moments, we still want control. Wow, isn’t that the truth. I think most of humanity’s problems stem from this one issue. We want control. But our control is not a good thing. God’s control is. Most of my stupid decisions come from wanting…
And Now A Word From Max
This was my weekly devotional from Max Lucado this morning (or actually, yesterday morning). I liked it a lot, so I thought I’d share it. :) Christ in Me by Max Lucado Like Mary, you and I are indwelt by Christ. Find that hard to believe? How much more did Mary? No one was more…
Please, Please, Pretty Please???
Matthew 6:8 Don’t be like them, because your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him! My favorite word here is BEFORE. He knows before we ask anything. The verse before this says that we don’t have to say the same words or make the same request over and over and over…
