God, help me

God help me. I have incorrectly learned that to ask You for help to do Your will is wrong, and that asking You to help me love You more is undeserving of You. I have been taught that my desire for You should supersede my need for You. I understand that this thinking is sinful, [...]

baby. steps.

I’ve recently started running. I started earlier this year but I’ve been increasing more and more. Adding a few more laps every couple of weeks. My goal was being able to run 5K without stopping and I’m [now] doing that several times each week. Some weeks I only do 15K but my [new] goal each [...]

Call.

I was reading through the book of Romans last week and I read something that I have probably read a hundred times before but this time when I read it I saw it as a call to worship.
Romans 11:33-36; Have you ever come on anything quite like this extravagant generosity of God, this deep, [...]

Thank.You

I’m thankful today for the process God allows in us for change. I have discovered that when you want to be a different person, when you see your sin and authentically want God to change you from the inside-out, He does it!
I’m thankful that although I’ve spent most of my life the way I am, [...]

thank.You

Cliff has been inadvertently teaching me about thankfulness. Everyday his thankfulness abounds. Whatever we are talking about always comes with an attitude of gratefulness. It’s amazing.
Oh, I’m a thankful person. I’m full of gratitude, except there’s always a stipulation. “This is great, but….”, or “Wow, that’s wonderful, but just…”, you know? It’s just not quite [...]

my dreams

I was out with some girlfriends last night and I just happened to mention how as a girl I never really dreamt of the whole wedding thing. I never thought about getting married until it happened. I never really thought about having kids until it happened.
I can honestly tell you today that I am [...]

7 days to live…

“What would you do differently if you only had 7 days left to live?” That was the question that I was asked earlier this week. I had no idea how to answer it and all week long I pondered it.
Gosh, 7 days left to live – I knew my answer should have been extravagant, elaborate [...]

worship in the pain

It was good for me to be afflicted, so that I could learn Your statutes. [Psalm 119:71]
You’ve gotta read Psalm 119. If you ever think you’ve got it bad, take a journey through Psalms, or through any other book of the Bible, and if that’s not enough, take the time to listen to someone else’s [...]

[Dwell]

I woke up to this song playing on Cliff’s ipod a few weeks ago and I haven’t been able to get it out of my head. I haven’t stopped singing it.
It was around 3am and it was actually the song that woke me, rather than me actually *wanting* to get up [...]

uh, right… worship – it’s not about me

Well, the weekend is over and 5 services later I’m reminded [once again] that everything is just simply not about me….
Our family has been quite ill for the past several weeks. My son had Scarlet Fever [yeah, I've seen 'Little Women' too and I didn't think that Scarlet Fever was still around either], [...]