David

Just ahead in a forest, two paths diverge.

Journey to a divided heart

Post published:May 20, 2022
Post category:From: The Elijah Blessing Knowing and Going with God
Post last modified:November 15, 2025

In the beginning, a divided heart may look very much like an undivided one. Two paths before you appear to run side-by-side. It seems you don’t have to choose.

Two deer drink from a mountain stream that runs through a wooded valley beside a gray slat fence. A shaft of sunlight shines down from above.

My cup overflows: Resting in God’s favor

Post published:January 1, 2022
Post category:From: Return to Your Rest
Post last modified:October 7, 2025

I praise you, Lord my Shepherd. You have overcome for me all the shame that ever has or ever will attach to me. You are teaching me to overcome it too. By your grace, I drink deeply of your favor, and it restores my rest.

Dark, narrow path through woods toward an opening into sunlight

I will fear no evil: Resting in God’s very present help

Post published:October 15, 2021
Post category:From: Return to Your Rest
Post last modified:December 9, 2025

At times, David found himself in a very dark place. When he sang, “I will fear no evil,” he confessed: “Evil is real – but God’s ever-present help is greater.”

Gray striped kitten, sitting on tree branch, head lifted, eyes looking up

God who lifts up my head

Post published:September 9, 2014
Post category:Knowing and Going with God
Post last modified:March 11, 2024

Again and again, the “God who …” phrases in Scripture reveal God’s works. As we respond to our Lord deep within, receiving what he communicates Spirit-to-spirit, those phrases also reveal…