Sit on the floor and roughhouse with a puppy. They quickly learn that one of their safest spots is as close to you as possible.
How can “closer to you” be safer? It seems it would put the ...
Are you trapped?
Do you feel like you are in a medieval castle with your feet in chains and barely able to see light far overhead?
Now is your time to break free, to shatter the walls around you, ...
So, you were marginalized as a teen. Your needs, wants, and desires were brushed aside in someone’s efforts to use you for their purposes.
Your efforts to ensure your company’s success were ...
Ah, another volcano in Iceland.
Houston, swamped by a hurricane AGAIN?
How about the forest fires in Canada, the drought in California, the heatwave in Europe?
Can China survive yet another ...
Shadows are part of life.
On the sunniest day, there are always shadows. Under the greenest of trees, surrounding the brightest of flowers, even at the base of each blade of grass, if you look close ...
Who’s been saying bad things about you?
God says, “BE STRONG!”
Who’s telling lies that paint you in a bad light?
God says, “MY COURAGE IS YOURS!”
Who’s got you huddling in the ...
Life … sometimes it’s just too much.
And we’re not talking good stuff, either. Bills to pay. The next health scare. Covid …
“What will happen if the business shuts down again? I barely ...
The nature of life is hard.
Oh, there are plenty of good things in life, but they are like a seed in a very tough shell, surrounded by difficulty and waiting to be pulled out and enjoyed.
Travel ...
Changes.
We can’t avoid them.
Remember graduation from high school? The friends we knew were scattered … college, marriage, jobs on the coast … and we had to make new friends.
That ...
If you’ve ever lived by a stream or a river, you know what to expect after a heavy rain.
The stream will begin to rise, the water will churn over the rocks and obstructions along the way, and then ...
What wall have you run into?
Financial … your checking account has hit zero and the rent is due.
Mental … if your boss grates on one more nerve, you might explode.
Relational … your ...
What’s got you wrapped up tight?
What’s the cocoon that has you blinded, the handcuffs that restrict your movement, the locked door that keeps you trapped?
What keeps you so down that you ...
The chrysalis.
It’s the place of change for the butterfly, the rigid, constricting encumbrance that holds the caterpillar in while it becomes what God intends it to be.
A cage, if you will, but ...