Peace Will Come
We lost a friend this week. He was the best man at our wedding. He was the type of guy that when he smiled, he lit up the entire room. I always viewed him as a teddy bear with the kindest heart.
Never Invisible
*This Advent season of 2023, my family will go through the Psalms. It is our hope that this Advent series will center around the themes of Longing, Deliverance and Hope. We will see the beauty of Christ and God's sovereign plan in the birth and salvation of Christ. I...
A Prayer of the Afflicted
Much like the Isaraelites found themselves waiting and longing for the Messiah, Psalm 102 offers a glimpse of suffering and affliction. However, just like we experience the birth of Jesus in this awesome “But God” moment, we experience the faith of deliverance of the Psalmist.
Our Soul is Not Always Well
Christmas time is often thought to be a happy time. Afterall, there are gifts given, endless parties, immaculate decorations and let’s not even talk about all the sweets and good food. But then sometimes it isn’t…
Let’s be real for a second. Sometimes, Christmas brings about a depressed spirit.
My Light & My Salvation
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.”
Soul Rising
*This Advent season of 2023, my family will go through the Psalms. It is our hope that this Advent series will center around the themes of Longing, Deliverance and Hope. We will see the beauty of Christ and God's sovereign plan in the birth and salvation of Christ. I...
The Righteous Sufferer
*This Advent season of 2023, my family will go through the Psalms. It is our hope that this Advent series will center around the themes of Longing, Deliverance and Hope. We will see the beauty of Christ and God's sovereign plan in the birth and salvation of Christ. I...
My Soul Waits
*This Advent season of 2023, my family will go through the Psalms. It is our hope that this Advent series will center around the themes of Longing, Deliverance and Hope. We will see the beauty of Christ and God's sovereign plan in the birth and salvation of Christ. I...
Wondering Adoration
*This Advent season of 2023, my family will go through the Psalms. As we are all in different places in this new season of life, we felt the Psalms would lend well to Facetimes, devotionals and reflections as we prepare our hearts for the Christmas season. It is our...
Advent 2022
Day 27- The Newborn King
Read Luke Chapter 2: The Birth of Jesus Christ...
Day 26 – Jesus Didn’t Leave Us Alone
Tomorrow night we will go to bed in anticipation of Christmas morning. Some will be looking forward to gifts and family time. Some will be filled with joy at the prospect of celebrating the birth of our Savior. Once the dust, wrapping paper, and Christmas dinners have...
Day 25 – The Purpose of Christmas
Do you ever wonder what your purpose is? High school and college graduates, adults who feel stuck in dead-end jobs, even people who seem to have it all but still feel unfulfilled wonder what their purpose is. When we read the Gospels, we don’t need to wonder what...
Day 24 – The Best Benefits Package
Benefits packages are essential these days as we look to new years. We might change insurance companies, add to FSAs or even switch jobs in order to get better benefits. We are constantly striving for the next best level of security. Psalm 103 reminds us that we...
Day 23 – A Promised Salvation
The excitement and expectation for Christmas morning as a kid sometimes seems unbearable. Walking by the tree, waiting to see what surprises Christmas morning brings can bring about emotions you never knew existed! That expectation and excitement doesn't leave when...
Day 22 – Sacrificial Love
As we enter the last week of advent, our focus of meditation turns to love. Not just the kind of love movies are made for and little girls dream about. The last week of advent is about the kind of sacrificial love that would cause a God to enter the human realm with...
Day 21 – Rejoice with Inexpressible Joy
There’s a rule in storytelling: show, don’t tell. The idea is that a good story gives the reader the opportunity to visualize what’s going on, rather than being told. At the end of the day, we are visual creatures. We want to see to believe, whether in real life or in...
Day 20 – The Weary World Rejoices
The world Christ was born into was not a rose-colored world. We left off yesterday with three wise men showing up to bring gifts to the newborn king. It is easy to glamorize this part of the Christmas story and view it as a baby shower full of worship of sorts. But it...
Day 19 – O Little Town of Bethlehem
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,from you shall come forth for meone who is to be ruler in Israel,whose coming forth is from of old,from ancient days.– Micah 5:2 Bethlehem was a small town about five miles south of...
40 Days of Prayer
Day 40-Silent Saturday
Introduction Silent Saturday was a day of Sabbath rest for the disciples. A day of grief and confusion as they watched their rabbi, their teacher, their master, their savior suffer an excrutiating death of crucifixtion. The women who had come with him from Galilee...
Day 39 -Jesus, The Son of Man
Introduction Good Friday. The day started with an arrest and ended with a brutal execution. In between were two trials, one religious and one secular, was charged with blasphemy, among other things. When you understand Jesus' response to the questions of the Jewish...
Day 38-The Last Supper
Introduction Thursday during Holy Week is one of the most beautiful days of the week. The compassion of Christ as He interacts with his disciples for what would be some of the final moments before his excrutiating death on the cross gives us just a beautiful picture...
Day 37-Jesus Foretells His Death
Introduction As the day draws near to Christ's death on the cross, Jesus again warns his disciples of his upcoming death. When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, “You know that after two days nthe Passover is coming, and the Son of Man...
Day 36-The Wisdom of Christ
Introduction But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. -James 3:17 As Jesus knew the end was near, He did a lot of teaching and sharing on this day. I often think about the...
Day 35-My House Is A House of Prayer
Introduction Jesus Cleanses the TempleAnd Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be...
Day 34-Hosanna in the Highest
Palm Sunday starts the week Christians refer to as Holy Week. It is the last week Jesus was physically alive on earth and it leads up to his death on the cross, his burial and ressurection. As we reflect on his love for us this week, the scriptures will lead us in our...
Day 33-Christ Cares For Us
Introduction And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor...
Day 32-The Love of Christ is Never-Ending
Introduction Holy week starts in two days. As we meditate next week on the horrors that Jesus experienced as we continue our journey to the cross, I thought it might be good to reflect on his reasons for withstanding those horrors. I have heard the love and grace of...
Writing
Unimaginable Grief From The Pure Evil In The World
The summer of 2022 has started with unimaginable grief. We are living in a time of just pure evil with insurmountable loss that leaves you cut to the core, crying on the floor. The kind of grief that makes you wonder and ask the questions that sometimes you don't even...
Easter Is Over – Now What?
The miracle of Easter is awe inspiring. Knowing that Jesus conquering sin and death by resurrection on Easter Sunday, fulfilling endless prophecies, causes rejoicing is an understatement. But what now, as we sit in the not yet, waiting on our Savior to once again to...