Today’s Wednesday’s What-Not we investigate what happens when we do the counter-intuitive. When doing the opposite of what makes perfect sense is, in fact, the perfect solution. As my husband and I head into a two week vacation, I sensed God saying two things to Continue Reading
How Can Exploring Contrast Help You Live Your Best Life?
Every day life teaches us lessons—if we’ll let it. We need to pay attention, but that’s a small price for wisdom revealed. As we slow down to hear what God has to speak to us, we see how He interweaves various threads of our life. Like a devoted teacher who prepares her Continue Reading
How Does Listening to our Tears Keep Dreams Alive?
Tears tore down my face faster than a dragster speeding down the track toward a black and white checkered flag. Sobs seeped from darkness deep within. Like a crash before crossing the finish line, the tears caught me off guard. No safety rail to contain them. What causes Continue Reading
What happens when we stop playing tug of war with God?
This past Sunday I listened to a sermon at church about resting in God’s plan. We’ve been studying the book of James. The pastor spoke about prideful planning—our best idea of how things should go—versus following God’s sovereign plan. It’s fine for us to set a course of Continue Reading