Chaos is disorder, confusion, and turmoil. Sometimes we cause our own chaos. Sometimes we are thrust—reluctantly and unexpectedly—into chaotic storms created by others. Chaos blocks “Kill The Chaos!”
Category: Living Deep
GO DEEP, BE STRONG IN 2014
It’s that time. Once again. (Wait, no, I’m not complaining. I’m really, really glad to be present, alive!) The last vestiges of 2013 have washed “GO DEEP, BE STRONG IN 2014”
DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHO YOU ARE?
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 2 Corinthians “DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHO YOU ARE?”
4 Ways to Leap into the Future God Designed for You
Ordinarily, we would be finished with February about now. Yesterday would have been the last 24 hours in this month. But 2012 offerered the wonderful “4 Ways to Leap into the Future God Designed for You”
God Made You and the Sun…You’re Both Awesome!
Back in March I authored a post about God’s awesome creation, the sun. We rarely stop to think about how incredible it is. I (reverently) “God Made You and the Sun…You’re Both Awesome!”
THE OPEN DOOR
This is your year! God has plans for you to do great things in 2012. These are the things He wants to accomplish through you. “THE OPEN DOOR”
WATCHMAN, WHAT OF THE NIGHT?
Living an hour and twenty minutes from O’Hare Airport was equivalent to being within shouting distance of a front-row seat to the world. On the down side, it sometimes required setting the alarm for four a.m. When we would awake, after a night of sleep—or, more often, a three to four hour nap—it was time to begin our journey.
THE LESSON OF THE DRESS
The Christmas following my sixteenth birthday, I bought the prettiest dress I have ever owned— off-the shoulder, silver lamé, tapered sleeves—it was the bomb. Thanks to my sister, Lois, here it is. She saved this photo of me coming down the stairs in our home in Ohio wearing my sparkling find.
NIGHTSONG–HEARING GOD’S VOICE IN THE DARK
“Ye shall have a song, as in the night … and gladness of heart…
and the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard…
Isaiah 30:29-30
How is it possible to encounter the will of God? We so often pray…”Thy will be done.” Yet, the words have little depth for us. We repeat them mechanically and thoughtlessly, without any real consideration for their meaning.
CHOSEN FOR THE WORK
In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,
Ephesians 1:11 NIV
There was a sudden sadness that I felt…as did so many others…when it was announced that Steve Jobs was leaving his post as Apple CEO. How would Apple…trend-setter of so much that we enjoy today…get along without him?