Sometimes I don’t even realize I’m walking away from something good, from something I want. It just happens. A thought triggers an action and all the sudden I wonder where I’ve gone. Where is the love that holds my fragile pieces together? Why don’t I feel that presence I used to? Why am I not …
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Like a Child: Learning to Live in the Father’s Embrace
Like a child. This is the call, the challenge, of the Christian. Children are those who have a lot to learn, and yet they are unashamed. Until they have been taught otherwise, they will go after what they want. Until they learn to fear, they will take daring risks that adults wouldn’t dream of. Are …
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Control, Our Worst Enemy
I’ve written a lot about the issue of control on my blog, but I want to explore this topic some more, because I see it as a root of so many of our struggles. I believe that this need we all feel to be in control is the number one thing that separates us from …
No More Pretending
When I look around, I see a lot of masks. It doesn’t matter what you claim to believe or be or identify with—the truth is the majority of us put on a face whether we’re aware of it or not. We place our identity in something, sometimes more than one thing, but all of these …
First Steps
We count on a lot of different things to save us in this life. A new job, a change of scenery, a relationship, a vacation, more money. But this morning as I read Mathew 7:24-27 I was reminded of the futility of relying on such things. Because, see, anything other than Jesus that we build …
Lost, and Found Again
You know my heart. You know me. You know where I’m going. Have you ever felt utterly lost, even when everything inside you knows that the main lesson your Father is trying to teach you is to trust him like you never have before? Why does he seem so elusive when he wants to …
Leaving a Mark
Throughout my life, the concept of purpose has always been on my radar. I think from the time I was a little child, I always knew that I had a purpose for being here—that I was meant to do something great and meaningful and leave a grand mark on the world. I think I also, …
The Best Gift
In John chapters 14 to 16, Jesus takes an opportunity to offer comfort to his closest followers in the face of his impending betrayal, arrest and death. He gives them many gifts in these passages—the sort of gifts that will keep them sane and bring them courage in the middle of the hardest times in …
The God Who Identifies With Humanity
The God of the universe identifies with you and I. If you doubt this statement, allow me to explicate. God understands what it’s like to have longings and desires, even unmet desires. There is a certain ache that accompanies desire, because until it is answered the longing remains, often telling us there is something that …
The Beauty in Us All
People are so special to God. And He sees the beauty, always.Which is incredible.See, it’s so easy to see the ugly, the scars, the brokenness and the mistakes in ourselves and in others. But God ONLY sees the beauty. He sees what is hardest for us to see. His eyes break beyond the outer shell …
Denica McCall 