One of the hardest journeys a parent can take is that of their unborn child’s death. I know this road firsthand. The despair and the grief that sucks the very will to live out of you. The cowering fear that gnaws. The rage and bitterness that burn like gall in the throat. The numbness. The … Continue reading Born into Life There Instead of Here
Living Rooted in Identity: Years That Run Long
Today’s Reading: Philippians 1 Remember, Self, that just because you haven’t completely learned how to live in this new habit – this new raiment – just yet, doesn’t mean you aren’t learning, bit by bit, to live newly. Yes, it’s awfully easy to get discouraged when it seems like you aren’t living any better today … Continue reading Living Rooted in Identity: Years That Run Long
Living Rooted in Identity: Increasingly At Risk
Today’s Reading: Luke 15:11-32 Remember, Self, that as this compulsion to do first and then second and again last is dwindling that you are still susceptible to falling right back into that old pattern. In fact, as you grow increasingly comfortable with this new way of being first and doing second, you are increasingly at … Continue reading Living Rooted in Identity: Increasingly At Risk
Living Rooted in Identity: The Calling You Do Have
Today’s Reading: Colossians 3 Remember, Self, that just because you see a flaw in someone doesn’t mean you have the right or the calling to fix that person. Just because you can recognize what they cannot, just because you can see a path to freedom, just because you can create a plan and institute it … Continue reading Living Rooted in Identity: The Calling You Do Have
Living Rooted in Identity: The Surest Way to Being Right
Today’s Reading: 2 Samuel 12:1-25; Psalms 141 & 51 Remember, Self, that being on the receiving end of a rightful correction doesn’t give you the right to justify, excuse, or defend yourself with the puffed up pride of a rooster. It is tempting, yes, to attempt to shift the blame, to reason your way out, … Continue reading Living Rooted in Identity: The Surest Way to Being Right
Living Rooted in Identity: Keep At It
Today’s Reading: 1 Corinthians 3 Remember, Self, that just because you can only do a little does not mean that you are doing nothing at all. Sometimes, it's so easy to get down on yourself, because of all the folks you see who are doing so much for the Kingdom. You see their ministries and … Continue reading Living Rooted in Identity: Keep At It
Living Rooted in Identity: Joining Him in the Mending
Today’s Reading: John 17 Remember, Self, to stir up the affection you have for your Family. It can be so easy to focus on the failures and divisions, the arguments and bickering – all the differences between us that the enemy uses to tear us apart. But, Self, doing that which strengthens unity is another … Continue reading Living Rooted in Identity: Joining Him in the Mending
