Did You Know the Holy Spirit Prays for You? The third person of the Trinity can be the forgotten God. We often miss His work by simply forgetting Who He is and what He is doing in our lives. God is triune: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. And all the divine attributes of God and Jesus are also in the Holy Spirit. When you believe and receive Jesus, God moves into you in the person of the Holy Spirit, guiding…
Coming to the Word Expecting The past week has been tough. I’ve felt down, a little wonky and weird. I’m in limbo with a lot of my work. We are finishing up school. Usually I’m in the middle of planning next year’s curriculum and getting everything lined up so we can enjoy the summer. We are now halfway through July and we have zero books for next year, and I haven’t planned a thing! We miss our pool, our friends,…
How God Is In Our Loneliness Have you ever woken up knowing that your life is full of things you love, and yet your enthusiasm is lacking? Has your heart ever felt heavy and ‘blah’ even though you’re blessed with loved ones, neighbors, and friends? Loneliness. It can happen when you spend your days surrounded by little people (or big people), only to go to bed, wake up, and repeat. The routines of life can sometimes pull us down. Often,…
How Are You Holding This Season? How are you holding this season? How am I holding this season? Life around us is blurry and uncertain. But it is not unclear to God. Everything comes from a Sovereign God. So this is from Him. If it is, I can clinch my first and bear it. Or I can release, open my hand, and receive all of the goodness and kindness God has for me. God’s kindness can be found in the…