Life is challenging me these days. My weaknesses crop up in so many areas of my life, like an enemy trying to take me down.

Life is challenging me these days. My weaknesses crop up in so many areas of my life, like an enemy trying to take me down.

There’s no shortage of voices vying for our attention. Jesus said that His sheep would listen for His voice and recognize it.

My dad can fix just about anything with a roll of duct tape and a can of
“You’re like a duck. You look smooth on the surface, but under the surface you’re working too hard.” The

Did you make any resolutions for 2016? With two weeks into the new year, are you standing firm?
I rarely make New
When we come up short in life…when we feel tired…when there’s too much conflict…too much loss…too much work…He is there. And where He is, there is always enough.
As children often do, they end up teaching us as much as we teach them. One day, she taught me a lesson about hope that I’ve never forgotten.
Are you racing from commitment to commitment? Is it difficult to relax? Do you need some peace? If we are doing only those things that Jesus has crafted us for, we will experience inward peace or rest even though we may be busy.
The John 15 grapevine is the picture of waiting. What else can a branch do but stay connected to the vine? From that position in the vine, the branch receives all that it needs to grow and flourish.
The heartbreaking reality of refusing the wisdom and comfort of the All-Knowing One flooded my heart. I had been as foolish as a two-year-old child who refuses the care and protection of listening to his mother.