Discerning God’s Will Is Not the Nerve-Racking Puzzle I Once Thought It Was
Have you ever dreamed up a mission but wondered whether the idea came from God or from your own head? Obviously, discerning God’s voice correctly is essential t...
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“Big” is a Nebulous Term
“Son, look up into that huge dark sprawling 40-foot tree. Now look beyond the tree at the first star tonight. Did you know that that star is bigger than that tr...
3 Thousand Different Kinds of Beautiful
1) Sunlight on water can be a thousand different kinds of beautiful. Even over the same body of water, this East Texas lake for instance, every morning sky ref...
A Lesson in Patience and Perspective
20 hours ago we were packing ice chests by candles light because this time yesterday a sudden, angry, lake-sloshing storm blew pine trees into power lines. I l...
Buttricks, Buttresses and Back Roads: Entering Prayer Quiet & Confident
Does King’s College Chapel’s ceiling remind you of winter treetops on an unbending back road? Around here, where winter is long and tree-vaulted roads are commo...
As Women, Inside Us is this Longing-
As women, inside us is this longing- an insatiable need for validation, adoration, affirmation, affection, and devotion. And we are like, “Where is this comin...
Vengeance Is Not Mine
I often apply God’s encouraging words for Judah to His encouragement for victims of sex trafficking. Today, I read in Jeremiah 50:34, All their captors hold th...
For the Love of Solitude
Many of us live more restlessly than restfully. Although watching a sunset while lying in the grass or dangling our feet off a dock sounds romantic, most of us ...
“Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers”
Day 8 of the 40 Day Prayer Guide for Orphan Care www.pearpod.com/oc/downloads/40DaysofPrayer.pdf: “Today, pray for the Lord to raise up workers for the harvest ...
Reasons for Inquiry
Jeremiah 10:21 says, “The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the Lord; so they do not prosper and all their flocks are scattered.” Several proverbs ...
“Transformed”
Yesterday, I passed a flashy billboard with triple x printed across the sign. I pictured those x’s being pushed on their sides and transformed ino the three cr...
Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness
The average baby does not like being naked and hates diaper changes. He does not kow how important it is that he be cleaned, but his mother does. She lovingly...
List of Truths
Here is an abridged list of descriptions of God’s people from scripture. Scripture is true; these words are true for people who belong to God; you belong to Go...
Old lyrics. New meaning.
Have you ever watched a movie that you hadn’t seen since childhood and realized how completely you had misunderstood the plot. I have done that several times. ...
permanent. then again.
The permanency of death is hard for me to comprehend. It feels more like an abstract concept than an irreparable fact. It’s been 6 months since Levi died and ...
Re: Email to Mrs. Masalin
Momma Maz, Thank you! Things are going well. I was saying to ppl at church on Sunday, “Good morning, I hope I don’t see you next week!” This is one of the onl...
Questioning My Questions
I reread my post: http://heatherpaiges.blogspot.com/2011/06/provocation-of-thought-during-prayer.html today. From where does this sense of entitlement spring? H...
provocation of thought during prayer (personal journal entry transcribed on whether or not God is good)
These questions have weighed heavily on my mind since Levi Masalin’s death and were furthered by a recent sermon by Thomas Wong, pastor at Point Community Churc...
The move
Stayed up until 3am with dear friends in Connecticut then rose at 6am to get to church in New Jersey on time. There, we found that 10 men planned to help move u...
Only People Matter
Many pursue wealth & ownership, dream jobs & experiences. But no one grieves over losing money in the stock market or missing a job promotion. No one’s ...
The Power of God > not = the power of Heather
I have learned that trusting God does not always involve my discernment. I have many a time prayed, “God, I trust you with this situation. Now, please help me t...
>”Your identity determines your activity, your activity does not determine your identity.”
My identity should be in Christ and not in myself and definitely not in what I do. Well that is an incredible relief actually. I dont have to strive for that my...
People Acting like Animals. People Treated like Animals.
I prayed that God would help me better understand the characters of both Him and of those He created. And this week, I came across four different sources that...
>My Daddy’s Devotional
>A devotional that my dad wrote was published in The Upper Room devotional book this week. 🙂 Here is the link: http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.as...
>I read an Upper Room Devo the other day…
>(http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/) in which a British woman named Emma wrote, “Sin clouds my sense of God’s nearness.” The line could be easily skimmed ...
I Wrote a Justice Song.
Glory be to God above May Your love and mercy overcome On earth as it does in heaven. Let our every deed proclaim Your name And our hope for justice prove our f...
A Grand Deduction. What Are You Really Seeking?
I wrote this in 2009 for a church youth group lesson, but it is applicable to anyone.
>Dog Crate Analogy
>Every day, when it is time for my puppy to go into her crate, I simply toss a treat into it. She follows the snack right in then I close the door. Once she ...