Discovering God’s will for my life sometimes seems more complex than that crazy-looking highway in the picture. But there’s one biblical character who seems to have sailed through a host of difficult circumstances in life with the Spirit-led GPS (God’s Peace System): Jacob’s eleventh son–Joseph. (photo attribution: austrini, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) In Feast or Famine explores …
Near-Sighted, Far-Sighted, God-Sighted
I used to work with eyeballs. My first big-girl job in 1989 was with an optometrist, who taught me basic technical skills to measure a patient’s visual acuity. When my husband went to seminary, I worked for an ophthalmologist as his scribe—following him from exam to exam, writing every word of his findings for his 60-80 patients a day. Whew! …
Reading the Signs – Blog
How do you know God’s will or learn to “hear” Him speak? It’s a question everyone struggles with at some point in their relationship with the Lord and one that is a continual area of growth. Here’s a metaphor to explain it and a link for further biblical thought.
Reading The Signs
How do you know God’s will or learn to “hear” Him speak? It’s a question everyone struggles with at some point in their relationship with the Lord and one that is a continual area of growth. Here’s a metaphor to explain it and a link for further biblical thought.
What Have I Got To Lose?
What guides your decision-making? Do you base your choices on what others will think or how your decision affects eternity? Check out the politicians governing Paul’s imprisonment, and consider how you’ll make your next big decision. What have you got to lose?
WHEN FRIENDS DISAGREE WITH GOD
Don’t you wish God would just pick up the telephone and tell you what to do? We wouldn’t have to go through the grueling process of trying to hear his Voice. When I’m trying to decide what novel to pitch for my next project, it would be nice to hear the God-phone ring: “Hello, Mesu. I’d like you to write this …