Babies don’t come out of the womb running. Before they can run, they have to learn how to walk. Before they can walk, they have to learn how to stand. And before they can stand, they have to learn how to sit. It’s the same in our spiritual lives. We must learn to sit before we can stand. Then comes the walking and running. Yet sometimes we try to skip ahead to the running part. No wonder we end up losing our balance and falling flat on our faces. And if we don’t want to keep loosing our footing, we have to learn to sit. Sit still in God’s presence.…

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…