Love Does Not Dishonor :: 31 Days of Selah
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I am sharing this post (first written in February) on the web site for our local domestic violence agency, Elijah Haven. This agency assists victims of domestic violence by providing safety, counseling, guidance and other types of assistance. The graphic above is a drawing made by a little girl who...
Beautiful In Its Time :: 31 Days of Selah
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Autumn is pressing in all around us here in the valley. Every day, everywhere I turn, there's a new feast for the eyes. Awe. Wonder. What other words could I use to describe...
When Purpose Prevails :: 31 Days of Selah
Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. Proverbs 19:21 Life gets crazy sometimes, doesn't it? Just when you think you have a plan......well, you don't. This is the week I decided to get serious about writing the novel I've been researching for the past two years. I shared the decision to "just...
Your Shade on Your Right Hand :: 31 Days of Selah
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand. The sun...
When We Are Led By Fear: 31 Days of Selah
"Saul said to Samuel, 'I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.' " I Samuel 15:24 What do you fear? My Bible study partners and I have been reading in I Samuel 15 about a king who feared displeasing his people more than his God. When given detailed...
Investing Our Talents: 31 Days of Selah
"For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.” Matthew 25:29 What "talent" has God given to you? What one measure of giftedness has been inscribed on your DNA that makes you unique? In the parable of the talents, a man going on a journey entrusted...
Write the Vision: 31 Days of Selah
“Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it." Habakkuk 2:2 When God spoke these words to Habakkuk, He was responding to the prophet's challenge: "How long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear?" (Habakkuk 1:2) Often, the same words are on my tongue....will you not hear? It's then that I write. My prayer...
Work At It With All Your Heart: 31 Days of Selah
"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving." Colossians 3:23-24 I know many creative people. Whether their work requires a brush and oil paintings, a needle and thread or...
Be Strong and Courageous: 31 Days of Selah
"Wait for the LORD; be strong and courageous and wait for the LORD." Psalm 27:13 I did one of my favorite things today. I spent time with a small group of teenagers who are trying to figure out how to do life in this crazy world. We talked about David slaying the giant, about how he wasn't afraid because he knew God was on his side. We talked...
Delight in the Law of the Lord: 31 Days of Selah
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. Psalm 1:1-3 (ESV) Did I mention that I have four sons? Well, I do. And while that doesn't make me an authority on...
