The Battle Between Peace and Anxiety and How You Can Win
Have you ever felt as though God has abandoned you? Have you ever felt confused by God? Does it seem as though his peace is fleeting and fickle? These words of the Psalmist reverberate through my mind: Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never...
When You Lose Your Song in the Mess
What do you do when your world goes dark? When you lose your way, your voice, your song? Do you fall in a heap or scramble to busy? Or is it a little bit of both? To tell you the truth, I don't always handle it well when a shadow passes over and the...
What Your Anxiety Tells You About Trust
With this week comes the busiest five weeks of the year. We have a beautiful celebration of thanks this week, and it becomes the opening score to a beautiful opus of celebrating the Author of Life coming to this world in human form. But as the weeks proceed we...
Through the Giver and not the Gifts Comes Victory
The Hard Are you ever weary? Do you wonder why some things in life are just so hard? Do you ever dream of a remote hide-a-way? I shouldn't be shocked when life slaps me alongside the head. But I kinda am. I sometimes don't understand why troubles should...
Do You Have Trust Issues Too?
I've prayed like I've never prayed before. I've reminded God of who He was and who I was. I've laid out my devotion and faithfulness. I've believed for a miracle. And I got a non-miracle. I got a, "Nope, I don't think so." Upset? Yes. Crushed? You bet....
Have You Found God as Your Refuge?
God is I Am The Refuge Series is my desire to point us to God's word, to know what it says, and what His heart says within the words. God is our refuge. He's our strength and our song. He hides us. He fights for us. He is I Am. We are weak and He is our...
Why Your Story of Refuge is Powerful to Me
You Matter Your story matters. It matters more than you think. It matters because without your story, I wouldn't know that I'm not alone. We conquer because of the blood of Jesus working in our lives and because of the God-stories we tell. Each time you...
8 Ways Making God Your Refuge Makes You Happy
Blessed is the One Who Makes God Their Refuge What? I picture myself with death nipping at my heals, my knees torn and bleeding from stumbling, clothes ripped and ragged from racing through briars. I see myself squeaking through the opening into God's refuge,...
Your City of Refuge for Your Traitorous Heart
An Enemy You know that battle you're in? The one where you need a rebel heart? Sometimes it gets ugly and you take a cheap shot and find that you're bleeding through your tears. You search for the enemy and his location. Only you don't see an enemy, you...
When You Need Escape from Your Life
Unmet Expectations Escape. Retreat. Refuge. We all long for some type of relief at some point in our lives. For some it's tragedy, health scares, or just the mundane everyday-ness of life. And sometimes, in one day, we can be at the top of the world and...
Having a Steadfast Heart in the Midst of Catastrophes
The Catastrophe A bowl full of jello. Shaking. Quivering. Even after the bowl's been bumped, the quivering continues. It starts on the outside and works its way to the inside. This is what I feel like when I hear bad news. "He will have no fear of bad...
Why the Battle Needs Your Rebel Heart
The Battle The battle rages within our hearts. We scrabble and crumble depending on the circumstance. If we're feeling strong we get our scrappy little fists in the fight and knock the enemy out of the ring. We crumble when we receive an unexpected hit. It...