I would never buy a book with this title. It’s ridiculous. O well. I’m musing about the systems God invented and put in place when He made the universe. He designed earth to essentially look after itself. Geology, astronomy, chemistry, these are all systems. Our physiological body is a system. God made them all. Humans like to make systems too. We crave predictability and control, doing what we can to…

Somewhere in my late teens, I naively began asking God to make me a person of character. What on earth was I thinking?! My reasoning went like this: When trouble shows up in my life (which I knew it would), I want to be capable of choosing a high-road, a road I see people avoiding at great cost to themselves and others. 12 years ago, sitting quietly with the Lord, I felt…

You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth. ~ Psalm 86:15 ~ 1,056 years separate God’s creation of Adam and the birth of Noah. Genesis 1 through 6 gives enough of a lens into the general character of humans, that if nothing else were written, you would know all you need to about our base nature apart from God. It does so more through…

“We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.” – John Naisbitt (Megatrends) ~ …always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. ~2 Timothy 3:7~ The quote and scripture verse above tell the plain tale about why modalities like Facebook don’t suit me. My temperamental psyche cannot manage bits and pieces about people that I am not in active relationship with. For the most part, I…

…that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. ~Romans 3:26~ I remember being a young girl, sitting on the sidewalk of my elementary school, doubled up with stomach pain,  terribly anxious. I remember this scene happening time and again. Somewhere in my young mind was an unconscious acceptance that I was unsafe; that I did not belong where I was; that I…

“Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more.” ~Genesis 18:32~ I can look back over a few decades now and remember vividly times when God placed upon me a burden for someone or something. Best I can describe it, it would sit within me dense and very heavy, seeping into my emotional being, hitting a core place in my spirit, like someone sat a 100…

In the beginning God created….. ~ Genesis 1:1 ~ I’ve been reading the creation story again. I believe God is very purposeful in the telling of His story. I believe He cares about the order of events, and the how’s and why’s that are revealed to us. I believe He gives us the macro version most of the time not minding that we muse and ponder over the details….as long…

“Everything under heaven is Mine.” ~Job 41:11~ The position you hold about stewardship verses ownership will have just about everything to do with how you process and respond to what’s in front of you…or who’s in front of you. Think about the people, possessions and positions that comprise your life. Do you have a sense that they belong to you or do you view them as something you practice stewardship over? I…

 Steward – ‘one who carries out managerial duties for another’s affairs or property’ Stewardship has been on the docket right from the beginning. God created earth, created humans, and entrusted the earth to their care. There was never a question of ownership. Everything belonged to God. We were invited in as caretakers of a perfectly synced, flawlessly designed world. It displayed the greatness of its Maker, and provided context for…

The Word is God John 1:1 The Word is Eternal John 1:2 The Word is Truth Psalm 119:160, John 8:31-32, John 17:7 To pursue The Word is to pursue an eternity of jaw dropping discovery. There is nothing utilitarian about the discovery of truth in The Word of God. The pursuit is an expression of desire, which launches from the heart. It’s an admission of passion for your Maker. It’s…

“Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” I am nearly always conscious that the day I’m currently living is the only day I know for certain I have. Strictly speaking, the promise of tomorrow doesn’t exist.  Scripture tells me that if tomorrow comes, it will take care of itself. I‘m also keenly aware that I’m to be in a perpetual state of readiness because my Bridegroom could come for me……

~ Neutrality ~ “the state of NOT helping or NOT supporting either of two opposing sides.” Generally speaking, I don’t believe in the premise of neutrality. I understand that in wartime, a nation may remain neutral, taking neither side. Neutral parties are essential in mediating conflict too. But I’m speaking of an inner-neutrality; a place that might exist where I can coast through my life. Within my inner person, there was a…

“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must strengthen our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.” ~ Martin Luther King ~ In the last 24 hours I’ve seen this quote posted in 2 different publications. Makes me think that many people, myself included, recognize that change (personal, cultural, political,…