There is the purpose in the storm. There is a purpose. It’s hard to see it in the midst- while the waves batter you and the winds threaten to break you. But I promise you, there. is. a. purpose. Do you remember the story of Jacob in the bible? After he stole his brother’s birthright…
Tag: Hope In The Storm
When You Are Afraid To Hope
When You Are Afraid To Hope I think I am afraid to yearn for anything. Life has battered me so much.The waves have swept me off my feet.The Riptide has pulled me out into the deep. My feet can no longer reach the security of solid ground.I’m like a woman on thin ice- afraid to breathe.Afraid to move…
What Are We Letting Beat Us?
Recently I was listening to a sermon, the pastor was talking about living up to God’s standard. That God called us His child and to live beneath that standard was like Eve speaking to something she should have been stepping on… What are you talking to, that you should be stepping on? What are…
All In The Perspective…
Some really dear friends and I have been doing a 22-day Bible reading challenge, we’ve been systematically working our way through John this week and a few days ago we hit chapter 5 the story of the man that Jesus heals by the pools of Bethesda. Verses 8-10 really stick out to me, I found…
He Is Our Hope
Hope. Like a knot at the end of a rope, it is something to cling to. Hope… so many hurting around us that need it. The thought that they are not alone in the middle of the night when the darkness closes in and all hope seems to have fled. Evaporating when they needed it…
He Drew Me Out Of Deep Waters
He reached down… and took hold of me. My rescuer, when life’s storms rage around me and when I royally mess things up.
Rugged Places
Saturday we decided to tackle a hiking trail to a waterfall. After two years of hiking “easy” trails, we chose a harder one. We got to the park grabbed our gear and headed for the trailhead the dogs eager to be on our way. Towering trees stretched for the sky, crunchy leaves crackled underfoot as…
In The Midst Of Deep Waters
You are in the midst of deep waters. A flood of deep waters and every time you feel the water recede another tsunami wave comes. Water and hopelessness – burning your lungs as you cry out and the spit and sputter at the surface as it rolls over your head only to have another come and…
Stormproof
Stormproof – Life is perfect, your soaring with the world at your feet. Sure there are the occasional storm clouds but with some cute galoshes and a poke-a-dot umbrella, you got through it just fine. And then out of nowhere, your sunny day turns into an all out typhoon, the wind tears away your umbrella the mud inches up on your galoshes sucking you deeper and deeper.
Thank God
Will you thank God in the midst good times? How about times of trouble? At first thought this question is strange, perhaps leaning more toward dumb. Your world is crashing down around you and some blogger on the other side of the internet wants to know if you Have thanked God in this?”. Thank God…