Stop it. Please. Stop it.

Right before falling asleep I said, “Lord, show me the ultimate life you have for me.” Well, how many of you know that God speaks to us in many different ways and that night, I believe He responded by showing me something that was actually keeping me from experiencing that “ultimate, abundant life.” I dreamed […]

Content, at last.

“I’ll be happy when….” “I wouldn’t be stressed out if…” “I would be content if only…” “Life would be so much easier if…” “I’ll be relieved when…” “I wouldn’t always be worked up if…” Who can relate? Can you easily fill in the blanks? Are there situations in your life that you tend to add […]

The better way.

why me? seriously. hope? i need it. fret. stress. worry. soul so unsatisfied. peace? what’s that? so jumbled up inside. heart longing for more. emotions all over the place. so connected to circumstance. striving. performing. perfection. why do i have to work so hard for it? for anything. for everything. for something. confident much? yeah, […]

A trust rooted as deep as the trees.

a journal entry: As I lay here tonight with one worry or another racing through my mind, keeping me from resting peacefully, I exhale and whisper, “Jesus take me away. Just take me away with you.” I immediately get a picture of a wooded area surrounding a body of water. It reminds me of Sandy […]