Faithfulness Where God Has Set You Experiencing God “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies.” (Daniel 1:8) When I sit with the opening chapter of Daniel, I am struck by how ordinary the setting feels and how extraordinary the faithfulness becomes. Daniel wasContinue reading “Placed on Purpose”
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When Holiness Undoes Us—and Remakes Us
Experiencing God “So, I said: ‘Woe is me, for I am undone … for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.’” (Isaiah 6:5) There are moments in Scripture that feel less like stories we read and more like mirrors held up to our own souls. Isaiah’s encounter with God in the templeContinue reading “When Holiness Undoes Us—and Remakes Us”
When Love Replaces Resolutions
Experiencing God “So, when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?’” John 21:15 There is something quietly disarming about the way Jesus restores Peter. No lecture. No replay of past failures. No demand for promises about doing better next time. After breakfast—anContinue reading “When Love Replaces Resolutions”