When I recently read Heather Holleman’s Elita Brown series for young readers, it reminded me of an article I shared a few years ago. I confessed that I used to feel like God played musical chairs. Do you remember the game? Everyone circles a row of chairs while the music plays, knowing there is one less chair than people. Suddenly, the music stops, and everyone scrambles. Someone always ends up without a seat.
I recently read Shannon Popkin’s book from Moody Publishers called Kinda Judgy, and I have to admit I was immediately convicted. I knew I could be judgmental at times. I mean, we all know that about ourselves, right? But I don’t think I had really stopped to consider how often it happens. As I read…
Every day, whether we realize it or not, we magnify something. We magnify our accomplishments, worries, disappointments, dreams. We might magnify our schedules, our opinions, or the judgments of others, or maybe even our fears.. The question isn’t whether we’ll magnify something. The question is what—or more importantly, Who—will become greatest in our eyes. That was the heart of…
There are seasons of life when we desperately want God to change our circumstances. We pray for healing. We ask Him to open doors. We plead for answers, and we long for relief. And sometimes He allows the circumstances to persist. Does that mean He’s aloof? Uninterested? Unwilling? Not at all. Instead, God is demonstrating…
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