What benefit is it of mine to turn to others and stare into the window of their life as they drive past and how has the definition of caring about others changed in the last decade? What benefit do we find when we know things about others business? Their comings and...

All my mindless drivel. Somehow, I am thinking it’s mindful drivel. That what’s coming out of my mind is worth reading. Worth something to another human brain. I suppose that’s what all art is about. Making something that’s worth something to someone else. Creating...

If you wake up and you think I can’t today, then you already haven’t. You already haven’t because you said that you wouldn’t. In a way, you said it, now it will come true. Not because you have the power to speak things into existence as it were, but because even if...

I think I am plugged into my future, but, if not God, then nothing. Plugged into nothing. Tracing the cord back to the wall, finding nothing --Blink 182. Flustered and frustrated. I am writing from a table that's currently uneven, but what does that even matter?...

In your mind, it is unhelpful to confirm over and over again, negative things. Rather, reaffirm things that carry you to the next expression of your love for others. When I am thinking downward, I tend to feel downward, make downward decisions and so on. But, when I...

The instantaneousness of culture robs mindfulness. Attempting to enjoy a fleeting moment of fulfillment when there’s always “something” better, bigger, and higher is unattainable. Like counting stars or sand grains on beaches. The accepted insatiable. Some kind of...

In a way, it’s difficult not to be eying the next thing. Always watching and noticing what comes out next and always being disappointed at your own budget/limitations. Yes, limitations, primarily as we see them. As if an unlimited number, we pretend, would be...

We do, at times, feel their weapons and their lashing words upon our hearts and wonder if any wrong will be righted. We do hope, by some small chance, of survival, although the turmoil can drag on and on so long that winning becomes a byword. Their power, it seems, is...

Originality, so highly prized in today’s social economy that it almost seems a curse to openly admit you’re willingly repeating something that’s been done before. As if every wheel that true, admirable, and balanced is, because of its unoriginality, only good only for...

The heart fails most often when it is unable to locate and nourish itself on divine hope. In its vast repertoire for reasons for living, the heart is always restless for deeper meaning. Something that gives us life beyond moments of pleasure is what the heart, if we...

How something seemingly so weak can accomplish so much is nearly unfathomable. So many little things we despise unnecessarily and to our own deficit. How something appears ugly by our trite symmetrical standards and yet, ultimately, is beautiful in God’s sight. We...

[practice stillness so that your movements will be effective] Rushing on, we become blind to the beauty, love, and serenity that daily surrounds us and has the power to lift our hearts if, even, for a small moment, we could be still enough. Still enough to see the...

It’s good to stare out the window at nature and wonder. To be curious how, despite the odds, it’s increasingly alive, seemingly, with no effort beyond its own existence. How, in such a small area by which the human eye can see, there can be such an area teeming with...

[develop courage that reaches beyond affirmation] Others will do what they chose to do, but this must never create lasting trepidation within your heart. That is, deep down, the right thing to do must overcome any belief that our rejection, at their hands, will be...

[see your blessings and let your mind dwell therein] The wealth we see today is staggering. The sheer dollar amount behind one person’s name is increasingly astronomical to the point it boggles the mind. It seems even a modest salary is only always a drop in the...

[find a direction for your heart and soul] Finding God at the end of the curving pathway. Starts. Stops. Starts, again. Stalls. Hurries. Turns, seemingly, backwards. Lurching. Wandering. Sliding. Seeking him at awful cost. You’d like a little bit of both directions in...

[focus on what can’t be destroyed] That may be the only way to keep from growing mad and going broken in your mind. Wearing out in the futility of never finding you’ve gone anywhere. And convincing yourself that your life is filled with value when, in fact, it may be...

Recuperating at the hands of culture, you find you drift away from what gives life meaning and into an abyss that’s self-serving. An excess that’s never filled. God the author of rest, is also its keeper. True rest with God leads to a vision of salvation bigger than a...

It’s true you believe in wind, although you aren’t able to say with certainty where it comes from. So too, many mysteries in life are accepted as looking beyond them is endlessly futile. God exists because he does. The mountain of faith that is Jesus Christ is as...

The source of strength and security in your life can become confusing if you don’t often return to their source. The vast immutable nature of your Creator is meant to stand out amongst all the temporary ways you may feel strong or secure. A depth of strength that...

Write the new things down. New things from God are true, not the old ways. They’re lies, worn out and tired. Look up and look out, lest you miss the hope these new things bestow. Throw out the decrepit thoughts and run toward your new calling. It’s trustworthy. It’s a...

A man given to much vice will quickly find great ruin, if nowhere else, from within. So, first, the Creator made light not just for physical sight, but for an inner awareness that grows men beyond their vain hope in pleasure, although in darkness they believe is more...

It’s repeating isn’t it? You feel as if time is passing, but it’s unable to be marked in any remotely sacred way. Days. Years. The idea of growth is true, you know, but time isn’t so much slipping away as much as it’s just passing. You look for a mark, but only find a...

She did. They did. And He did. All of the things important. And the last action, a feat incomprehensible to the human mind. One man’s mission predicted before an earthly breath was taken. A destiny unlike any before or any after. King forever. Salvation, eminent....

You’d like to hide, often where you wouldn’t suffer social loss for your beliefs. Or, familial. But the light, tearing at you from within, only always wants to tell the truth. Out with it before it spoils your conscience. It’s why God built you: to share the truth of...

A revelation of vision that leads to a transformation of mind. Shifting everything about the direction of life from total blindness to complete sight. Joy, hope, a real future—out from the abysmal into a land of possibility. Every fear, relieved. Vanquished by...

Hate becomes so easy, welcome, and tolerable that you forget how beautiful love can be. Difficult at times, yes, but the company that misery brings comes at awful cost. Participating in divine love gives your mind higher channels to travel. Ones with more risk, but...

Life—not about getting people out of the way to have what you want, or, even, taking what you want from them and leaving them for dead, but sharing kindness with everyone and demonstrating how love conquers hate. Never a grudge being built, but always a bridge leading...

It's a seasonal hope. A material joy based on positive vibes, but the holidays will end and so will much of the happiness, if it be not grounded deeper than bright circumstances, end too. Again and again, you must return your heart to foundational promises. Joy with...

There's a humility upon returning empty handed with nothing to show except a desperate need, but what awaits you is acceptance. Then a courage to stay with what matters and the love and fairness that grows from stability will be the patience that wins you life with...

Amazing to think that mass confusion as to what you need at this point in your life is possible. Often, you believe your needs are clear, but asking amiss keeps you from receiving. And how much of your perceived inconsequential spiritual needs are, in reality, your...

Weakness and fear come from places of uncertainty and the panic that ensues from not knowing drains your ability to think clearly. Strength and courage come, not from absolute certainty in outcomes, but from absolute trust in presence, which conquers all negative...

There’s hope for the one who, under the rule of those without compassion, cries for mercy to the author of love. The salve of hope comes from the faith that, ultimately, there’s unlimited freedom from all oppression, which makes endurance, under the worst...

Culture does what it can, but is limited in the amount of light it can produce. Despite good feelings, best intentions, and great ideas about bringing people up, there's really only one person that can fill the ceaseless void that always craves, but rarely sees the...

The reason for loving God is just as important as the love itself. If you only love God for what he does for you, then you won’t follow him long. It’s a cry that goes out for mercy as you, living in life’s wreckage, understand a necessary dependence not based on wish...

The fullness that grows by living in the world ushers in a kind of dense fog that's difficult to shake if it settles. A type of fuzziness that makes it unclear how all of life points you forward. The revelation of truth exists most purely in the presence of hunger,...

How you define perfection and completeness for yourself has an enormous impact on the depth of your faith. What God calls healed, is healed. What God saves, is saved. All this stems from the direction of your trust and your adoration. Every ask, paired with a praise,...

Confusion abounds as to who or what might save you. This relationship. That career path. The other decisions you could have made. But, to be someone's special treasure is, at its most true point, reserved for God. The Lord who created, sustains, and, ultimately, plans...

Incredible, God's indelible image stamped upon the earth. Such a force, creation and yet, so quickly forgotten by who's power you exist. No one more wise and no one more understanding and still, you flounder beneath waves of doubt when, by his power, you may stand...

The sensation of being at the bottom, of drowning, and the nearness of it ending in a way of ultimate finality, make God's salvation so much more climactic that you normally treat it. Unless. Unless. Unless. But, he did, he did, he did. Your gratitude, a radiance that...

The love you share with the world is from the source of true love and is, therefore, unconquerable, unbreakable, and unquenchable. A love running deeper than temporary political affiliations, personal disagreements, or any mistake. A love that's from God is the best...

Comprhending the history of the world helps you to understand what is important and what must become insignificant in your life. To focus on significance is what you, at the end, will call a life well lived, but squandering you life starts with misunderstanding who...

Having a sense of when the soul is famished takes a special kind of honesty only found in self-reflection, a consciousness around what path you're on, and why you're even there. Without God, life's pathway leads destructivly nowhere and you know this by the lethargy...

You do have things in this world that matter, but it's not what the culture values, or what most people you know think is important. In this way, you're almost a pioneer. Out in the open, trying to put the pieces togeter, and take something with you to the next life...

Without the light shining in the darkness, you’d only know darkness. This situation would be bleak beyond repair, a place that, thanks to the light, is unknown. Although the darkness hates the light and would like to overcome it completely, it cannot, due to the...

God doesn't share top spot with anyone or anything else. He's sovereign over all creation. It's a knowledge that you want others to share because it effects your life so much. You see the plurality of other's lives and it becomes sorrowful to think of how much they...

Prior to the arrival of salvation, there must be a knowledge of the identity of God. To see him and have his face shine upon you, there must first be restoration. A rebuilding of your spiritual sight. A prayerful petition that glorifies his strength in the efficacy of...

Through diligence, you separate yourself from those who quit when life gets difficult. The restrictions, you find, allow you to thrive as the success you have along the way sustains you and leads you deeper into what matters. The easier way, you've already found,...

The honeymoon phase for following God doesn't come crashing down when a solid foundation is built. Lasting growth starts from the bottom where you're plugged into the source of all life, where strength and gratitude live. A commitment to become more than you would...

The true thirst of the human soul and the desire to be filled is often catapulted through time by false satiation. A sense of being quenched when nothing lasting is consumed. The desert, a place to perish, is where you remain parched was it not for Jesus and his...

God’s greatest desire is extending tremendous graciousness, not punitive punishment. Compassion fuels him to nurture his creation and his justice, although perceived as delayed, is always fair. Never neglectful, you’re not waiting on a God who has forgot, but is...

God knows best and that's either a relief, or a harpoon. Not that it's negative to make plans, or to be excited about life within your heart, but God's plan is always better. The freedom you have, you celebrate and cherish, but when you know God is guiding, you...

With a soul that turns to God no matter the mood, you'll be strengthened beyond temporary emotions. Moods that run your day take your life to unfulfilling places. Trouble, without prayer, keeps you from making the best of sour situations. Happiness, without prayer,...

Knowing the depth of your need, the severity of the fall, and the agony of the results, you begin to grasp the magnitude of forgiveness. You are one of his people, one of the covered, and, ultimately, one of the saved. Only God can forgive. From the beginning it was...

By his sacrifice, Jesus becomes supreme. A knowledge of his love unfolds for you as you see his commitment. His protection of human life is absolute as his life makes him the perfect Shepard. Fearless in death, a resolve of courage in the face of losing everything....

A meaningful life comes by giving others what they can’t have themselves. A giver is the receiver when they know the blessing is received by giving. The emptiness of keeping it all is only undone by a generous spirit: what’s mine is yours. Before blessing yourself,...

Growing in ways that make a difference in life starts with where you’re planted. The nourishment of trusting in God’s unfailing love, the cause of your flourishing. You, as a tree, providing for others by the way God causes your life to thrive is what makes life worth...

Storing away God’s promises in your heart gives you much needed stamina for the journey. God’s word is for you, your security, and for your relationship with the Heavenly Father. When you make a storehouse for his word in your heart, you never turn away as your mind...

The invite from God, not falling on deaf ears, but preoccupied minds. Waiting for the acceptance from people which you crave the affirmation of sufficiency. Weighted down by false freedom and misled about responsibility. Skewed by hustle culture, instead of built by...

When you’re down, you think you’re useless to others, or the world in general. In your anguish, it’s tempting to lash out, to payback, and find the satisfaction of retribution, but even in a perceived state of dire need, it’s more rewarding to look out for others than...

New choices are intimidating. What if you fail? What if things don’t work. Questions about your future never stop swirling and, while it’s tempting to become as independent as you can, it’s by following others that you find lasting fulfillment, that is, on the path...

Reflected by your energy, your community becomes a manifestation of how you treat others. Overcomplicated at times, what a relief to learn the more love you give, the more you receive. As God’s law becomes part of your daily identity, your relationships function more...

A time alone, multitasking the enemy. Before your creator, the vain guard of self-righteousness falling off like disintegrating garb. The reward, not a perceived spirituality based on others opinions, but a closeness based on faith. Though unseen, always heard and...

Heavy is the drudge of a heart grown cold, cynical, and filled with gossip, but real is the power of nurturing a loving heart and kindling a love for others. Miraculous how the inner life is fed from the fountain of the heart and the cared for heart sees God now and...

The situations you face today can sap your joy, if today is all you have to hope for, but, with God, it’s not. Digging for happiness is where you’ll find endless thanksgiving, deep in the meaning of life, and even the smallest faith in Jesus can conquer the biggest...

Independent self-sufficiency will always end with overwhelming floods of cares filling your day and weighing life down. A solid spiritual foundation begins with consistent trusting prayer. A dependence, growing daily, as you begin to understand that God cares for your...

Life as a whirlwind and the schedule like a vortex isn’t the way the Spirit would have you starting your day. The mornings, with God, don’t bring you emergencies, but usher in direction, support, and intentionality. With trust and prayer, the hurried rush of the AM is...

Brimming with expectation and living each day with a sense of supernatural presence. In perspective, bad days matter less as your belief in the ultimate ending strengthens. Understanding God’s identity is knowing the one who rescues from despair, fills completely, and...

Amazing to think whose attention you should actually be seeking and how much vain confidence you’ve built from shallow approval. What a hope of fulfillment in life you have when you focus on the God who can brighten your life, lift your darkness, and restore your...

When you’re sad, life becomes all about what you lack, but by focusing on what you have that’s unseen, you understand that you haven’t been left to fend for yourself. Until you stop the inner desperation to make yourself happy, you can’t receive your supernatural...

Knowing you always have a place of respite, your praise abounds. These are God’s unfailing wings: that you’re never alone, out there, and without anywhere to be. God’s love is always protective, available, and you’ll see his worth when you know how quickly you perish...

Knowing you’re on the path that leads to the best place possible fills you with more joy everyday. Not a circumstance or a material possession, but it’s God’s presence that nourishes a type of resilient pleasure that totally fills and life’s greatest surprise, his...

The heart, a busy place, buzzing with intention, must submit and be conquered by the one who plans it all: God. Even your best plans topple in view of even his most meager offerings. As the peace of singularity quells all striving, the perfect plan prevails over the...

Until you know that Christ’s glory is the definition of riches, your mind will constantly dwell on your perceived needs and you’ll become blind to what you do have. Thinking that wealth can be attained outside of Christ will lead you into an unsatisfied cycle of empty...

The uncertainty of the future keeps you occupied with anxiety about how it’s all going to work out. God says, the preparation for everything that happens next has already taken place and it’s better than you can imagine or accomplish with all of your best efforts or...

It’s difficult to imagine a lion, an alpha predator, famished, unsuccessful in the hunt, and collapsing from low energy. More difficult still, is believing that those who seek God never suffer weakness, but, yes, when they look for him, God’s people only always find...

In an attempt to please everyone in life, endless futility awaits you, but the only one that matters—God—can be delighted. Yes, you cower in amazement as you place your hope where it belongs and the reciprocal relationship is a love that never seeks its own good, thus...

By putting your attention onto what endures forever, mainly God, you’re able to transmit those values to the ones you love around you. If you focus on what’s temporary, you lose sight of God’s enduring truth and the way that what lasts the longest gives life the most...

You won’t have everything from God unless you know you’ve got nothing from this world. Seeking this life’s favor and honor always ends at a shallow and empty destination. When you walk with him, God is the provider and defender of every part of your life for all of...

Some things you’re certain work in your favor, but, at other times you’re positive you’re a victim of circumstance. If everything that happens to people who love God is for their benefit, then everything brings you closer to him. His divine presence is constant, not...

God is the only one who can truly satisfy. Other food and other drink may satisfy for a few hours, but everlasting satisfaction is only found when you worship God in an attitude of thanksgiving. Contentment comes from gratitude. Good things await those who give...

Jesus was God’s full manifestation of his love. A gracious embodiment of forgiveness, compassion, and relationship. As you know: perception is reception. You can’t understand who Jesus is until you’re sure of why he was here. Not to punish, but to bless with grace and...

Big disappointments bring life to a grinding halt. Your confidence abandoned by constant failure, you begin to wonder if anyone’s there and if there’s any positivity. God says: the beginning will match the end, I won’t leave your life unfinished, so base your...

You’re blessed by God when you do what he says and the fear you have of him helps you to know that all good things are from him. The security and abundance you crave comes from this fraternal relationship, where even a little becomes a lot simply because you belong to...

God’s eyes aren’t closed to those who are trying to do the right thing and when you’re trying to do the right thing and you’re talking to him, he’s listening. This type of closeness is meant to be something that’s felt. A relationship whereby you have all the support...