Sometimes, it’s dark. {image source} Sometimes,light eludes us, understanding eludes us, even hope eludes us. Deep inside, we know God is there, we know He’s promised not to leave or forsake us, we know He is the light of the world. …and yet the question sneaks in: even here, Lord? The answer, I think, is especially here. Last night as I read Psalm 55, verses 16 and 17 wound their way around my curiosity. They were words...

{picture source} The Greatest Strength in all the world, stooping to whisper, to embrace. The Greatest Strength. The Creator of the universe, the Author our faith, the God who is mightier. “Magnify Him!” is the call, the beckoning that resounds in Psalm 34:3. I always had trouble, back in my middle school days, finding the tiny amoebas under the microscope in life science. This, though, is a far different connundrum: How does...

My breath caught in the early mist of the day. Solitary I stood in a grove of towering Redwoods; a breeze swooped down through the forest giants, swirled about me, swelled my heart. {picture source} All this majesty… with only me as audience? If the mighty hand of the Creator-God is displayed in a quiet forest moment, and (almost) no one is around to see it, does it still move mountains? Yes. The greatest strength in all the world,...

Numbers fascinate me. Yes, yes, I’m a word nerd and all, and unfortunately I’ve made my share of number blunders over the years, but that doesn’t mean I can’t be a fan of mathematics. Right? But recently, I needed a little reminder that the number equation in life, whatever it may be, is not bigger than its Creator. (image source) Ratios. Odds. Statistics. So often stacked against us. But what of the God who has set...

Ever take a look around your heart and notice something amiss? A few cobwebs collected, weaving across dark corners in haphazard fashion, corners dusty with neglect either purposeful or accidental? Why not offer them up, let the Spirit blow through and sweep them away, breathe new life into you today? Listen to a beautiful song about this very thing by Shaun Groves: Welcome Home (Lyrics...