The post I made yesterday got me to thinking about things moms say to their kids, aka momisms. As I thought about the various momisms, I realized how many of them deal with listening. I’m sure a lot (if not all) of these will sound familiar: – What did I say? – What part of NO don’t you understand? – What did I say the FIRST time? – If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times. – How many times do I have to tell you? – I’m not going to tell you again. – Do I make myself clear? – Do you hear me? – It’s…

Have you ever felt like others were receiving miracles while you were left waiting? And perhaps while you were waiting, the time passed for what you were hoping for, and it died. I can relate. And as I was reading Mark 5:21-43 recently, I thought perhaps that’s how Jairus felt too. Jairus’ daughter was gravely ill. He went to see Jesus and asked Jesus to come home with him to heal his daughter. Jesus agreed and went with Jairus. But as they traveled, a large crowd followed and pressed around Jesus. A woman was in the crowd who had suffered greatly for 12 years. She knew if she could just…

I was recently asked how I was doing and if I was getting back to normal. I replied, “I don’t think I’ll ever be back to normal. I’m going to be better than normal. Normal is overrated.” It’s not just something I said. My life has been anything but normal for the past several years. I know we all experienced this to varying degrees after 2020 rolled around, but my life had left normal even before that. And increasingly so every year since. Many times I found myself longing for a sense of normalcy. I didn’t think that was too much to ask – just normal, everyday things that many…

How do you keep moving forward when you want to be on a different road? By walking hand-in-hand with the Good Shepherd and allowing Him to order your steps. “I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me.” John‬ ‭10‬:‭14‬ ‭(ESV‬‬) “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”” Isaiah‬ ‭30‬:‭21‬ ‭(NIV‬‬) “The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand.” Psalm ‭37‬:‭23‬-‭24‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) “But…

When I decided to put my songs on YouTube, my initial thought was to re-record each song instead of using the recordings that I had originally shared on Facebook. The original video recordings always began with me speaking, but for YouTube, I wanted just the songs themselves without the speaking parts. Plus, in the original recordings, there were usually mistakes in the songs such as hitting wrong keys on the keyboard, breaks in my voice, etc. I always just went with it because I wanted what I had spoken to be authentic. But if I were to re-record the songs for YouTube to eliminate the speaking parts, I could also…

Sometimes God calls us to uncomfortable places, so that He can be our source of comfort. Sometimes God calls us to unknown places, so that He can be more fully known. Sometimes God calls us to unimaginable places, so that He can do more than we could possibly imagine. “Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us” Ephesians‬ ‭3‬:‭20‬ ‭(NIV‬‬) Excerpted from blog: https://chellimorrison.com/more-than-we-imagine/

I stand in Your presence in the waiting I draw near to You right here I won’t be consumed with contemplating In You my fears all disappear ~ Lyrics from “Working in the Waiting” © 2023 Chelli Morrison ~ Song: https://chellimorrison.com/working-in-the-waiting/ Related Blog: https://chellimorrison.com/…/02/10/working-in-the-waiting/

“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others,…

May our focus not only be in finding the good in a situation, but in finding the goodness of the Lord. He is our light and salvation, our stronghold, our safe dwelling place, our shelter, our protector, our helper, our deliverer, our redeemer, and our victory. He is faithful, and He is true. “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalm 27‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ (‭NIV‬‬)

I guess there are some who aren’t sure what to make of the honesty and transparency of my posts. In my questioning, perhaps some have questioned my faith. We seem to have this idea that a person of strong faith doesn’t pose such questions. That a person of faith isn’t supposed to doubt, to question, to struggle, or to lament. Yet some people who are regarded as having great faith in the Bible did just that. People like Abraham, Moses, David, and even Job. I certainly haven’t been through what Job went through, but the past several years of my life have been marked with trials and hardships. And I…