Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? — Matthew 6:26 I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of…
God Is Bigger Than Cancer
Of course it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not in imagination. — C. S. Lewis, A Grief Observed For as long as I can remember, Thanksgiving has been my favorite holiday. The pinnacle of every year. Until the year cancer joined my family at the table. I tried to stay…
I Am Clothed
I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high. — Luke 24:49 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I…
I Am Seen
And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. — Matthew 10:30 He stood well over six feet tall, a towering figure of a man, especially to my petite sixth-grade self. Beyond his height, his every physical detail was — how should I say? — breathtaking. Even at twelve years old, I knew…
I Am… Wanted
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. — John 14:18 The night held magic. I knew it before the sixteen-year-old boy standing next to me reached for my hand. Although we went to the same high school, I couldn’t believe it when he asked me out. He was an athlete,…
I Am Accepted
The Father Himself loves you because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God. — John 16:27 The trip was to be a reunion of sorts, a gathering of peers from around the country to meet at a well-known conference. I’d planned the trip for months and counted down the days…