Can I Trust God to Do the Impossible For Me?
I sat on the knoll just above the creek. The grass had been warmed by the sun, encouraging its...
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Prayer When It’s Midnight and You’re Waiting for Dawn
Lord, great is Your faithfulness! Your mercies are new every morning, Your love endures forever. The dark of midnight shrouds me as I wait for the dawn — as I wait for You.
I know You have heard my cry.
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When Life Doesn’t Make Sense, Look Up!
I relaxed on the gentle slope alongside the river flowing through the mountain valley. Life had been difficult. Do you know that season? When life doesn’t make sense? It was one of those days.
The silken ribbon streaming in front of me captured my gaze — its beginning and end I knew not.
However, its Creator I know well.
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Prayer: Running to the Strong Tower Of God Trying Not to Trip
Lord, many are the afflictions of the righteous, but You have promised to deliver us out of them all. I stand on Your promises. I trust that You are my strong tower — that I can run to You and be safe high above my Enemy.
But sometimes I trip along the way.
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How to Know the Magnificence of God and His Voice
I sat on the knoll beneath our apple tree. A stiff breeze showered me with apple blossoms while I peeked through the limbs at a thunderhead brewing on the edge of a periwinkle sky. My mind drifted. How is it that I can know the magnificence of God? His majesty. His holiness … His awesome power.
I thought of the day when He said, “I will be your God and You will be My child” — that wondrous day of my salvation when I entered into a covenant love with my Maker.
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Prayer to Make Space for Grace When Life is Screaming Loud
Lord, life is hard — often! Without You, I don’t think I could have made it. I know Your grace is sufficient, but I must learn to consistently make space for grace.
In my mind’s eye I can see You pouring living water from a golden pitcher onto the parched earth. As it falls, I watch it transform into manna — morsels of grace — provided from Your hand.
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God is Greater Than the Roar of the Raging Water
As I walked along the country road enjoying the gentle breeze of an approaching storm, I recalled a quote from F.B. Meyer, “Never fear the rough waters ahead which through their proud contempt impede your progress. God is greater than the roar of raging water and the mighty waves of the sea. ‘The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord is enthroned as King forever’ (Psalm 29:10). A storm is simply the hem of His robe, the sign of His coming, and the evidence of His Presence.”
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