a planted life | learning to love
When I read Psalm 8, my mind goes to Lamentations 5.What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. -Psalm 8:4-5 The joy of our hearts has... Continue Reading →
It's too late and I'm too tired, but after tomorrow I probably will be using all my writing time doing this NaNoWriMo challenge, so I better post now.I listened to this song over and over and over again on the way to work. I blared it loudly and sang just as loudly with my hand... Continue Reading →
I praise You for Your sovereignty over the broad events of my life and over the details. With You, nothing is accidental, nothing is incidental, and no experience is wasted. You hold in Your own power my breath of life and all my distiny. And every trial that You allow to happen is a platform... Continue Reading →
"Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, 'A great multitude is coming against you...'""And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD...""Then Jehoshaphat stood...and said, ' O LORD God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand... Continue Reading →
Responsible to PraiseThe centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, "Surely this was a righteous man." - Luke 23:47We cannot always or even often control events, but we can control how we respond to them. When things happen which dismay or appall, we ought to look to God for his meaning, remembering that... Continue Reading →
Cultivating Faithfulness 