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This is my "doing"

It's been a rough 24 hours on my heart. I can't wrap my head around the death of George Floyd. I can't. It hurts my heart. I am crying as I write this because I know that God's heart is hurting over so much brokenness and the fact that ANY of His children are seen as less than human. My heart has done a lot of hurting over the past month over senseless killings of other people. I know that as a white person, in America, I have the privilege of being able to do just about whatever I want, wherever I want, whenever I want. I also know that if my skin was a different color, I wouldn't be able to - or I could, but I would always be a little afraid. The problem is, I can't change my skin color. And I'm not much of an activist. But I have been called to write some words. This is my "doing" if you will.  Friends, people are people. I have seen through this that it is a white privilege thing to say "I don't see color," because it actually exi...
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The Word: Truth and Weapon

Well, friends, I have been swept away by the Corona Virus fear. Mainly because I'm afraid of running out of toilet paper. As I couldn't sleep last night I checked Amazon, just for kicks, and they wouldn't be able to ship the kind we use until March 30th! Life is about to get really interesting (or perhaps boring and relaxed) for all of us I think. I've been hoping a verse would come to mind that would help in this situation and as a cure to the no-sleep, one came to mind that played over and over in my brain. Jesus prayed to his Father these words in John 17:15-17: "My prayer is not that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth. Your word is truth." Friends, we are in this fallen world for a reason. However, Jesus himself prayed for your protection in it. Is there anyone better to have praying for you?! No. Emphatically, no. Protection from the...
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Faith in the "Impossible" Before Breakfast

"One can't believe impossible things," "I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast," (Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland). I will confess to having never read Alice in Wonderland, but I adore this quote. What would happen we chose to believe in the "impossible" for 30 minutes a day? What if you replace the idea of impossibility with the idea of faith? What if for 30 minutes a day you had the faith to believe in the things you hope for? I wonder if you truly did that, if you would find yourself believing more  than six "impossible" things before breakfast!  My favorite definition of faith comes directly from Hebrews: "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen," [11:1]. There are a couple of really strong verbs there. Ass...
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Righteous Anger

Hi friends! It's Thursday! Writing day :) I get so excited! Earlier this week I got angry. Righteously angry. Mama bear came out like Jesus getting mad at the fig tree. However, I don't get angry. Really, ever. I get hurt and I internalize. So, it was a new emotion for me, especially because it overwhelmed me to the point of tears! The tears were actually what told me it was righteous anger by the way. It was the tears that also made me think, "Oh, crap, now I have to DO something about this." You see, I avoid confrontation like the plague. But, right now I am in a fantastic place with the Lord and so I let the tears flow for about 1 minute. I also let my son see them. And he asked what was wrong and I said, I can't talk to you about it because I will "not let any unwholesome talk come out of my mouth, but only what is helpful for building others up, according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen," (Ephesians 4:29). That happened to b...
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