Just a Small Simple Soul. . . In the Hands of a Loving, Limitless God.

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  • Three Verses We Need to Remind us of God’s Protection

    God is the secret place for our souls that the world cannot touch, eternally secure once we have been hidden in Christ (Colossians 3:3). The fears and trials of this world are big. But our God is bigger. No matter what we face, no matter how bad it gets, He’ll simply never let us go. …

  • Three Verses for When Life is Hard.

    (And what they really mean.)  1.  Jeremiah 29:11:  “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and hope.” For believers today, this promise is fulfilled through our current spiritual security in Christ (nothing can separate us from His love!)…

  • Be Real. Love Well.

    “Let love be genuine” (Romans 12:9). What if we stopped hiding our flaws? What if we allowed ourselves be the somewhat awkward, imperfect, “that-did’t-come-out-quite-right” people that we are? Do you really think people would turn away? Or would our honesty and authenticity draw them in? I am more convinced than ever that people crave real…

  • When God’s Love Asks Us to Let Go

    “And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, ‘You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me’” (Mark 10: 21-22, emphasis added). Life doesn’t always turn out how we planned.  Dreams are deferred. Doors close.…

  • No One But Jesus.

    Pause and Praise Week 4 “He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and burst their bonds apart” (Psalm 107:14). It is good for the soul to simply sit in the presence of our God.  To praise Him. To lift our eyes to HIs goodness. To remember that He is God and…

  • Sheltering in His Greatness

    Pause and Praise Week 3 “Behold these are but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?” (Job 26:14). We don’t need a god who fits in a box, who conforms to our impression of how he should be. …

  • Sitting with the Greatness of God

    Week One Sometimes it is good for the soul to simply sit in the presence of our God.  To praise Him. To lift our eyes to HIs goodness.  To remember that He is God and we are not. So for the next few Mondays, will you join me?  Let’s pause together,  Let’s quiet the noise,…

  • Reaching for What Matters

    Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind. (Ecclesiastes 4:6, NIV). My spiritual gifts tend toward small and simple.Simple words of encouragement.Small acts of service. But this world doesn’t often celebrate small and simple, and sometimes it’s tempting to reach for other people’s gifts instead. Maybe you’ve thought…

  • Jesus Could Have Thrown the Stone

    “And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, ‘Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her’” (John 8:7). The crowd that sought to condemn could only walk away. But there stood one person in the crowd who could have thrown…

  • The Reason We Run

    “Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith” (Hebrews 12:1-2). This week my gifts felt more like burdens I needed to squeeze into a hectic life and less like opportunities to walk next to God. It made my feet feel heavy and…