The start of a new year often comes with hopes and dreams of what this year may hold. Hopes that things may finally get better, that this situation may finally change, that life will be improved, promises will be fulfilled, and new adventures will be lived.  This year, too, I...

“Think about small children,” the Lord says to me.  “They always want the dessert. They sometimes stubbornly want the unhealthy stuff, the chocolates, the cookies, the cakes, the candies, and don’t want anything else.”  “But as a good and loving parent, you will not just give the child what it...

I brave the cold as I inserted my body into the light blue water. I used to come to swim regularly, and found enjoyment in it, but I haven’t really done it in a few years now. Not like that anyway. It was a little too cold for my preference,...

It was a simple question she asked me: ‘What would you long to be part of the future you’re seeking God for?‘ I did not respond for several days. I did not know how to.  I knew it is a simple question, and many people would probably be able to...

I am not sure how many times I have heard the story of the Israelites, the countless miracles the Lord has done to deliver them out of Egypt, and then followed their journey through 40 years in the wilderness. It’s been many, many times.  I don’t know about you, but...

I look into her eyes and I see my reflection.  I don’t really know her, not well any way.  But I see myself reflected in her eyes.  I know this is simple physics, but somehow it feels like there is more to it.  Isn’t every interaction we have with a...