It was during my recent time of waiting on God that I realized my expectations of God had started impeding my experience of God. And my expectations of God could be described with two words: convenience and predictability. Convenience. I’ve become accustomed to the incessant convenience and stimuli present around us. I group convenience and…
Keep me free.
During many seasons of my life, I’ve found myself paralyzed by the opinions of others. When it’s not the opinions of others, it’s my mental projection of those opinions. In either case, I am trapped between the work Christ has done in me and the work Christ has yet to do because I fear what…
Beyond the bittersweet.
In every happy event, there is usually an aspect of sadness. Even the most positive circumstances can provide some fragment of pain. The happenings of life are bittersweet: one door opening means another door closing, a new chapter means the end to an old chapter, progression brings maturity, but progression brings change, and with life…
The in-between.
We spend much of our life in the in-between: in between a peak and a valley, in between birth and eternity, in between the start and the finish, in between surrendering to Christ and experiencing complete union with Christ, in between fulfilling God’s purpose for the previous chapter and knowing God’s purpose for the next…
To the full.
It is no secret that the enemy loves to distract us. By distracting us from what God has for us in this moment, the enemy can steal the joy that God has made available to us in this moment. If we obsess about the next step, we become too paralyzed to take the present step…
I Am.
In my recent season of life, I have been pleading with God to give me specific answers. Nearly all our seasons of life are like this to some extent. But, often certain seasons of life include what we perceive as life-changing decisions. I find myself believing that these decisions will determine whether I am in…
Because they know His voice.
I have been caught up in the grind of life. In doing so, I have had trouble hearing the voice of our Lord. Our Lord is certainly speaking; our Lord is certainly moving. But the less time I spend with the Lord, the more trouble I have hearing or discerning our Lord’s voice. I cannot…
In all things.
It is wonderful to encounter individuals who are accomplishing God’s will for their lives. I imagine you know what I am talking about—those people you meet that give you pause because you know that person is doing exactly what God created that person to do. There is no better feeling than knowing you, yourself, are…
Those who seek the Lord.
I rarely follow up a previous post with another related post, but I feel compelled to do so. In light of the Lord’s work on my heart, my last post seems incomplete. If you think I am repeating myself, I likely am. Repetition is often necessary to stir our hearts. Those who seek the Lord…
Paige Pippin 