People who have known me for some time often ask me “Are you still running?” And thankfully by the grace of God, I can still answer, “Yes, I am.” With the warmer weather I have been celebrating my deliverance from the confines of the tread mill to once again enjoy the exhilaration of running outside. [...]
Archive for March, 2010
The joy of discovering what renews you
Posted in Growth & Development, Life Balance, Window into my Soul, tagged renewal, replenish, rest, running on March 31, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Does God answer prayers for parking spots?
Posted in Holy Spirit Aha's, Life's Driving Lessons, Prayer, Relationship with God, tagged parking spot, prayer on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes He does, sometimes He doesn’t. What does this tell us about God and about us? Sometimes finding a parking spot in direct conjunction with a prayer is taken as a sign of His love and care for us. But, could it also be a sign of His love and care when we don’t find [...]
3 absolute necessities to journey with God
Posted in Relationship with God, tagged consecration, spiritual journey on March 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It is popular today to talk about one’s spiritual journey. The chronicles in the book of Genesis of the journey of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob give us many insights into what it means to follow God. Today I have been meditating in Genesis 26:24-25, a vignette from the life of Isaac. 24 That night [...]
How I’ve learned to love tailgaters
Posted in Growth & Development, Life's Driving Lessons, Overcoming, TOP TEN ALL TIME Posts, tagged blessing, driving lesson, forgiveness, tailgaters, tailgating on March 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I must confess I have hated tailgaters. I ‘m not talking about tailgaters as in party-before-the-football-game type people. I’m talking about people who make it a practice of driving in their vehicle too closely behind me. Yes I know that followers of Jesus are not supposed to hate anyone, not even our enemies. But I [...]
Persistent is the adjective of those who prevail
Posted in Overcoming, Prayer, tagged ask, knock, persistence, prayer, prevail, seek on March 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Bob Pierce, the founder of World Vision, has said that “90% of success is just lasting.” There is indeed much to be said for persistence. Persistence more often than not is the determining factor between victory and defeat, between breakthrough and stalemate. This is always poignantly displayed in the back story of Olympic champions, business [...]
The perplexity and probability of restoring broken trust
Posted in Relationships, Uncategorized, tagged adultery, covenant, infidelity, trust on March 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
When trust is broken how is it restored? The news this week of yet another high profile marriage in crisis because of infidelity raises this and many related questions. Could such a breach of trust have been avoided in the first place? How do people even begin to rebuild their lives? These revelations fuel the [...]
The golden thread of trust
Posted in I wish I'd said that., Relationship with God, tagged faithfulness, trust on March 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Thank God for daily reminders of His loving care for us. Yesterday I just happened to hear a poem recited by Garrison Keillor on the radio as I was driving home. It reminded me of how important my bedrock trust in God is to every aspect of my life. It also underscored how my Christian [...]
