In my post Just Call Me Martha, I shared with you my propensity to be driven by the need to get things done over my ability to sit at Jesus feet and listen. I must admit this is a struggle for me, something I need to wrestle through. And as I think about wrestling, I am reminded of Jacob’s experience with the Lord. I find the way the Jacob’s story of wrestling with the Lord is recounted in Hosea 12:3-6 reminds me of my own struggle. 3In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And in his maturity he contended with God. 4Yes, he wrestled with the…
Technology and the Gospel
To all my my techie Christian friends who are reading this, I will apologize now. This is probably not going to be the train of thought you were interested in but I do you hope you will read it through to the end. I believe there is valuable knowledge we can all gain by looking at something from a different perspective. I am one of the most technologically challenged people I know. My 90+ year old Granny even has a better grasp of social media at times than I do, if that tells you anything. When new apps, new phones and new gadgets come out, I am not an…
Summer With Mobile Missions
What a summer it has been! Busy and full, nostalgic and adventurous. From a senior trip vacation with my youngest to helping serve with Mobile Missions Network for my first season of missions camps, I’ve learned so much. On vacation I was reminded that I am not who I used to be, and really, that’s a good thing. I use to be a lost soul looking for fulfillment and completion in romantic relationships, not knowing who I really was or how to be who I was created to be. I didn’t even know what I didn’t know. Thankfully, God is full of grace and pursued me until I surrendered my…
Forgiveness Sets Us Free
It’s no secret that the Pacific Northwest is my favorite place to visit. I love long barefoot walks on cool beaches, the sounds of the waves and the smell of the salt air. When you walk along the water’s edge, the waves lap up erasing your footprints. No evidence remains of where you had just been, just the smoothness of the sand. Forgiveness is a bit like this. The footprints represent events in our lives that need to be forgiven and the water is like God’s love washing them away. Once God’s love has covered a transgression, there is no reminders of it left in His eyes. Unlike meandering…
