“This, then, is how you should pray…” Matthew 6:9 Thy will be done. I’ve known for 74 days.  But this confession began long before then. A first kiss 9/11 A diagnosis The unexpected phone call …Memories that become etched in your head – as real to you…

My Sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. Psalm 51:17   I’m hiding. I’ve typed and deleted that phrase about four times. Obviously, I don’t really want anyone to know I’m hiding.  It diminishes…

Love one another with brotherly (SISTERLY!) affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Romans 12:10 ESV (‘sisterly’ – my liberty)   3,000 miles away and 22 years ago just found me.  Seriously, God will stop at nothing to deal with this girl.  He must…

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Romans 8:35 (NIV)   I’m certain that Sawyer, my four-year old, has the highest concentration of self-assuredness that can “safely” be gifted…

…their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into a day of celebration. Esther 9:22   What do you get when you play a country song backwards?…. You get your truck back, you get your dog back, and you get yer girl back. I’ll bet…

But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your SINCERE and PURE devotion to Christ. 2 Corinthians 11:3 (NIV)   It was a Super Tuscan, flaky-appetizer-perfection kind of an evening.  Add two of…

And to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:19 (NIV)   The pillow propping my back is wet and covered with a muddy mix of mascara and eyeshadow.  Tide Stain Sticks…

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1   I made flour into bread this week.  Not just bread… Home-stinkin’-made-cinnamon-rolls.  I feel like if we can believe in yeast, we should surely be able to believe in…

“Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” Mark 9:25 (NKJV)   It was the kind of nudge that comes from left field and leaves a person thinking, What was that?  This doesn’t sound like me at all.  It’s the very thought you’d completely dismiss if it weren’t accessibly…

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.  Isaiah 7:14   If you don’t like this blog within the first few sentences, you’re going to promptly “X” off this page and…