Seeing lack in ourselves or our lives can cause condemnation, shame, or accusation. This gets the focus off Jesus’ amazing provision (Always Enough!) and gets the focus on Self, which is never the solution. I believe god is always true and always interested in making us like him: True. We become True day by day … Continue reading why limitations are good
We are a mixture being purified. That’s a great sentence to think about. We are a mixture being purified. All of us: we are afraid AND brave. And that’s okay. Sometimes we demonstrate fear and sometimes we demonstrate bravery. Sometimes we believe the true and sometimes we believe the false. We can feel schizophrenic if … Continue reading it’s a good mix getting better
God has chosen to limit himself, the limitless one. He allows our will to limit him from operating in our lives. Our will is his boundary. When we lean toward him, it’s like we are standing on our property, and we slowly lower the barbed wire fence between us, to allow him to step over. … Continue reading trespass with respect
I’ve been on fire lately, so I decided to channel some of my physical feistiness into a more wholesome pursuit and see if Jesus would make out with me. I went to a building to adore him with other wholehearted lovers and music. When I entered the room, I felt the pressure. The pressure in … Continue reading make god happy
offended For about six months now, I keep tripping over my offense with God. It’s like I get to a good place, and within a couple of days I’m offended again. I’ve been offended with the way he’s doing things. Sometimes I feel used. I wonder if Mary ever had days when she felt used. … Continue reading sandy & jesus’ greatest hits
my life is small and vast but mostly small step-taking note-making no more faking the smile is real so is the laughter (two teeth, however, are fake) some days a journey of six-thousand steps some days ten-thousand trading what’s important for what’s needed sunshine and sky sitting in grass the brilliance of light inside blue the light … Continue reading sky illuminated
I grew up wanting to live within the Boundaries of God’s Law. It took my life falling apart to realize God wanted me to live within the Boundaries of His Love. It’s the difference between standing in ankle-deep water in a plastic kiddie pool pretending to have fun, and doing back-flips off volcanic rocks into … Continue reading running through the woods
I suppose it feels cliche to say how much God loves you. God’s love can feel remote, causing him to appear distant or disinterested. He’s the most engaging thing going. He’s so relational, it can be exhausing to our limited human capacity. Although he’s both masculine & feminine, we can get hung up on the … Continue reading clueless
When it feels like surgery And it burns like third degree And you wonder what is it worth? When your insides breaking in And you feel that ache again And you wonder what’s giving birth If you could let the pain of the past go of your soul none of this is in your … Continue reading I Won’t Let You Go: Switchfoot
When I am accused, often I am not innocent, and rather than retaliate with blame or shame myself, I can stand in the true love of Christ. I know that he loves me. And he already paid the price for me. I’m expensive. I come to him a messy, messed-up piece of work. And he … Continue reading blame & shame or love
