Stop Looking Back

I was having a very candid conversation with a close friend on the phone night before last. And I received this devotion the next morning. Some of it was verbatim what we talked about. You can’t make this stuff up. I hope it encourages some of you. Happy Friday! ~~~ “New relationships are opening to …

Ramblings On Regret & Questions & Our Redemption

On Sunday afternoon some things just started hitting me.  Regret over decisions made or sometimes not made. Priorities being all screwed up at one time or the other. Struggling & grappling with blaming myself for things that were out of my control. Or questioning if maybe they could've somehow been within it. And this all …

Letting Go of Regret

Oh my sweet Lord, thank You for helping me to not drown in my own regrets. There are times when I think on the things I have or haven't done & it bends & twists me in ways nothing else does. I mean I can flat-out spiral to a very dark place in the blink …

Love Anyway

Please don't ever regret showing kindness, love, respect or honor to someone who, in the end, didn't deserve it. That situation speaks more loudly of your character than of them. Remember that. Jesus calls us to love our neighbor as ourselves. It is not conditional. If they choose to reject us or to walk away …

Surely

Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows - Isaiah 53:4-6 Selah..... ~~~ That is the scripture that dropped down into my soul last night as I was climbing into bed. When I heard the whisper of those life-giving words I got down on my knees without even thinking - onto the little …

Regrets, Memories & The Re-Birth Of Me

I was watching another inspirational movie on Netflix last night - this one was called "What If". I thought it was good. Synopsis ~ "What If… tells the story of Ben Walker (Kevin Sorbo), who fifteen years ago left his college sweetheart Wendy (Kristy Swanson), and his calling to be a preacher, in order to …

The Struggle Of Regret & The Summit Of Moving Ahead

A little Thursday morning share from a devotion I received: "You may be reeling from recent events, but I am bringing you to a new place of equilibrium and balance. I will give you the strength to put the past behind and move forward with faith and confidence. Refuse the temptation to condemn yourself with …

Moments, Time Travel & Something Worth A Ponder

How would we be different with each other if we could time travel back to those moments? The ones that were resting at the end of Things. Different things. You know the ones. The moments that matter. Or they should have but maybe we were too self-involved to notice. I'm willing to wager we would …