where my heart and His Story collide
There’s a reason this blog has the tag line, "where my heart and His Story collide". That reason is because it often does. Collide, I mean... my heart and His Story. Not His fault, of course. Always mine. But, because it does, I get stuck. I get stuck in His Story because I’m forever trying… Continue reading The Hurry Up and Wait
Favorites are funny. No rhyme or reason, sometimes fickle and flimsy, but they remain favorites all the same. And, love stories? Well, we all love a good love story. Our favorites keep us filled with the hope that good wins in the end. I bought a sort of frame once that said, "Our love story… Continue reading A Favorite Love Story
He was laid inside a womb by an Angel of God. Then into a Momma’s arms in a Bethlehem barn. He was laid upon an animal’s feeding trough to sleep. Then inside a simple carpenter’s home to be raised up in the no good town of Nazareth. He was laid under a watery baptism in… Continue reading Immanuel, God With Us.
Just thought I'd make sure I'm clear on a few things before we start this last part... I really do believe obedience is good. It's the goal. Holiness should be our goal and our heart's truest prayer. I also don't want to discount that Christians have everything we need for life and godliness. Neither am… Continue reading Turn and Be Healed, in Authenticity (Part Three)
So, picking up from where we left off in that first post... with how calloused hearts can sometimes tell us there is something more we need to offer God in order to earn, keep, or repay His Love... and how I'm not so sure that work is a requirement for faith... and how you may or may… Continue reading Turn and Be Healed, in the Pilgrimage (Part Two)
I'd like to begin this whole thing with a bit of full disclosure... This post has been a rough one. It's also way long (likely too long according to some standard of which I clearly don’t follow), so it's split into three. But, I've honestly no idea the rules for sharing multiple parts... one per… Continue reading Turn and Be Healed, In Jesus (Part One)
Yeah, so it's been a sweet, hot minute since I posted a thing. For many reasons and not super clear reasons (yet), I've just been unable to transfer thoughts to words that seemed worthy of sharing. I'm praying for a breakthrough. But, today, I came across this little something I wrote last year to kick… Continue reading Love and Florida State Football
