I’m ready, God, so ready,
ready from head to toe.
Ready to sing,
ready to raise a God-song:
“Wake up, soul! Wake, lute!
Wake up, you sleepyhead sun!”
-Psalm 108:1-2, The Message
“I will awaken the dawn.”
- Psalm 108:2, NASB
I am this morning journaling my soul awake. This is my song; my pen my bow, the empty page my instrument. [...]
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Awaken My Soul
Posted in Journey, Longing, Love, Mystery, Prayer, Restoration, Salvation, Wonder, tagged Jeremiah 31:3, Lovingkindness, Psalm 107, Psalm 108, Redeemer, Rescue on November 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Return of the King’s
Posted in Conversational Intimacy, Discipleship, Jesus, Jesus' Pursuit, Prayer, Restoration on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
-Matthew 8:21-22
Being in grad school can be pretty demanding, as can any number of things we engage in with our lives — marriage and kids, ministry, jobs, a [...]
The God Who Speaks
Posted in Conversational Intimacy, Discipleship, Invitation, Jesus, Journey, Longing, Love, Prayer, Remembering, Scripture, Story, tagged Abednego, Ephesians 4:30, John 14:13-15, Meshach, Shadrach on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I had a conversation with a friend of mine about the ways that God has been speaking to her lately. She said that she used to hear people talk about “God told me this” or “God told me that” and she always wondered, “How do you know that God said that?” or “How [...]
A Surprising Encounter
Posted in Conversational Intimacy, Counsel, Discipleship, Expression, Grace, Jesus, Prayer, Wonder on June 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m big on journaling. It’s a discipline I discovered some years back that helps me process through what God is showing me, that helps me express desires or fears that may be buried beneath the busyness of the day, that helps me engage in prayer with the Lord when the noise outside is too [...]
The Voice
Posted in Conversational Intimacy, Fellowship, Prayer, tagged Jeffrey Satinover, Leanne Payne, Thomas Smail on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite places to go when I want to study is a coffee shop in a local town. It’s all about the atmosphere for me. First off, there are a host of large benches, where I can spread out my books and still have room for my laptop. And there [...]
Conversatio Morum
Posted in Confession, Conversational Intimacy, Discipleship, Grace, Jesus, New Covenant, Prayer, Story on May 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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All of us have hang-ups when it comes to praying. Sometimes we get tripped up and stumble around for awhile trying to figure out how to pray. Some of us at various times wonder if we should pray. At other times, we know we can, we know we should, [...]



