I have a set of signs that sit in the corner of my desk at the church where I work. “Smile” and “Choose Joy”, they say. They are good reminders to me. I bought them a year ago, not knowing what the year would hold. God has been faithful. But it has been a year of unfinished stories and waiting and not…
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What I Have Been Given
Recounting His Faithfulness
I had intended to write a blog post about community this evening. For my community is delightful and last week was full of it, from dinner with a dear friend and her five littles, to a long conversation on the couch with a mentor, to coffee with a sweet girl who is headed off to college shortly. My weekend held…
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The Gift of Margin (and Our Desperate Need for Christ)
It strikes me today how little our culture values margin. And how much we need it. There is value in knowing how to work hard, but also value in knowing how to rest. It seems too many of us are good at only one or the other, or neither. My morning was a productive one. My family was going on…
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Looking Up
I was rolling out tortillas and singing, as I so often do. Sometimes absentmindedly, but this time I was actually listening to the words. Psalm 5 (a version by Maranatha) came to mind, so I sang it in English and Spanish. And the last phrase caught me. In English, it ends “My voice shalt Thou hear in the morning, O…
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The Secret of Contentment
I have wondered often about that “thing” called contentment. The dictionary definition is: “The state of being contented, satisfaction, ease of mind, the act of making contentedly satisfied.” Okay. Kinda helpful. Yet as always, I must turn to Scripture. How does Christ define contentment? See, when you’re single, “helpful” people are always telling you to “just be content, and God…
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