Your unique voice
You have an instrument. You have a voice. Be blessed to stay before God as he teaches you. Be blessed to play your part.
Cornfield at Antietam
Redeeming the past
Mini-post. Image of the cornfield at Antietam, where my great-great-grandfather fought. Quote about repeating the past and redeeming the past, from We Confess! The Civil War, the South, and the Church.
I’ll reap in joy
Mini-post. "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy." A Bible verse, a song and an image that have cheered me in the night.
Embrace fiery love
Mini-post from The Elijah Blessing: Love may not look a thing like we had thought.
I’ll rest
"Come and rest here. Come and lay your burdens down."
How Ahab and Jezebel outsmart us
Be blessed to see past strong deception and skillful misdirection, to recognize Ahab and Jezebel at work.
I’ll run
Mini-post, with a song for the road. "I'll run, I'll run. I'm gonna run this race to hear You say, 'Well done.'"
Profound forgiven-ness
“If my people who are called by my name humble themselves ... then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
Before the face of God
An upstart named Elijah stood before Ahab, Israel’s king. Elijah had no credentials that would have impressed Ahab. First Kings 17:1 describes him simply as, “Elijah, who was from Tishbe…