I was at the kitchen sink, tiredly washing dishes, when I heard the sound of shattering glass outside. I sighed, asking myself, “what now?”. So many things had been breaking lately. Some of them trivial, some of them expensive, but all of them broken. All of them discouraging. I walked outside to investigate and saw…… Continue reading Being Prepared for the New
The weariness fully sinks in when I am alone. When things are finally quiet and I am not having to wade through all of the competing voices that try to hold my attention. Right now, it’s just me and You, Lord. Even for just these few moments I feel the full weight of what I’ve…… Continue reading When the Weariness Sinks In
My heart pounds. My blood pressure rises. I am so afraid. Awakened in the night by yet another dark and oppressive dream, I am paralyzed with fear. I feel an evil presence in the room, despite crying out the name “Jesus” just moments earlier upon wakening. The evil delights in the fear that is marinating…… Continue reading Darkness is Deceptive
Hi Friends! Long time no talk. I haven’t written on this blog lately, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been writing! My first book was published recently by Kharis Publishing. It honestly is a little surreal still. The book is a Bible study on the Beatitudes. The lessons I learned while writing it are still…… Continue reading My First Book Got Published!
“If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.” –John 15:6 If you do not remain in me. Thus far in the chapter, Jesus has been telling us to remain in Him so that we…… Continue reading Meditating Verse by Verse: John 15:6
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” –John 15:5 There is a lot of commonality between verses 4 and 5. They both tell us to remain in Jesus as He remains in us…… Continue reading Meditating Verse by Verse: John 15:5
“Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.” –John 15:4 No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. If your gas tank is empty, the car…… Continue reading Meditating Verse by Verse: John 15:4b
“Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.” –John 15:4 Remain in me…I also remain in you. When first looking at this verse I was frustrated! It’s a verse that I’ve…… Continue reading Meditating Verse by Verse: John 15:4a
“You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.” John 15:3 In the first 2 verses of John 15, Jesus compares himself to a Vine, and God to a Gardener. But then, in verse 3, the focus turns towards Believers. Initially, to me, verse 3 feels out of context to the…… Continue reading Meditating Verse by Verse: John 15:3
John 15:2 “He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.” This was an interesting half of a verse to meditate on, and there is A LOT to unpack! Every branch that does bear fruit. Although…… Continue reading Meditating Verse by Verse: John 15:2b
Lucy with the Broken Sword 