Better Returns
I love Proverbs 3:13-18 and the promise of what wisdom brings. We read this: 13 Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, 14 for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. 15 She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can […]
A Form of Deliverance
Since God’s ways are always right and good, I can trust that whatever happens, it represents a form of mercy and deliverance. I might not see it as such at the time, but the older I get and the more I trust God, the more quickly I can see how He works. In Philippians 1, […]
Finally, the Mourning Dove on Her Nest
The Riches of Nature
Today, my family and some friends wandered on a trail around a pond in Ft. Collins, Colorado called Red Fox Meadows. It was a gentle, one mile stroll, but it stretched into a far greater expanse in my heart. Together we squealed and hushed ourselves when we saw a doe with her spotted fawn bounding behind […]
Stand Up and Charm
This morning I read in Tozer’s The Purpose of Man, this lovely quote: “God made you in order that you might stand up and charm the rest of the universe as you sing praises to the Lord Jesus Christ. That is why you were made in His image.” What would my life look like to others […]
Running Towards People
I’m studying the Parable of the Lost Son in Luke 15, and I realize again the vital practice of seeing oneself as the parent who welcomes home. The father in the parable runs with compassion towards his wayward son who now has started his journey back home. What I notice most is the running. I notice how […]
Morning Wherever You Are
I leave for a 5:30 AM walk. I’m in another city nothing like my own, yet so much feels familiar at this hour. The certain slant of light, the movement and sounds of birds, the slinking cats, the darting squirrels, and the trucks growling to life all remind me of some interconnected, shared experience of […]
Selective Attention
I consider how, when we learn something new–like a new word or concept–we suddenly seem to encounter it everywhere. We have what scientists call “selective attention.” When I focused on my love of verbs like grapple or fritter, I would hear or see these verbs several times a day, as if my love of them somehow […]
Something New
I notice in Psalm 33, 40, 96, 98, 144, and 149 how we’re invited to sing to the Lord a “new song.” I wonder: Why is it a new song? In Isaiah 42-43, we see the same concept. The Lord is doing a new thing. We sing new songs. As I search the scriptures, I […]
Mostly Worship
I love learning more and more about worshipping God. Worship, I’m thinking, means delighting in Him, honoring Him, celebrating Him, responding to Him, communing with Him, and just enjoying Him (to name only a few possibilities of worship). It’s what we do with earthly fathers, in smaller ways, on Father’s Day as a natural, unforced, […]