simple…month 3 is up

We have begun the 3rd month of simple… devotions are being added on a regular basis. Feel free to stop by whenever.

Simple… is a basic devotional that developed out of a conversation requesting a simple way to spend time with God on a regular basis. Each day has a verse and a challenge that can be thought through as we go through our days.

simple…month 2 is up.

After a little bit of research and time for some rest, I believe that it is a good time to begin our next month of simple…Just click on simple…month 2 at the top of the page.

Each day’s new post will be put up around midnight the previous night. Please feel free to give some feedback as you feel led. Have fun! 

Simple… is a basic devotional that developed out of a conversation requesting a simple way to spend time with God on a regular basis. Each day has a verse and a challenge that can be thought through as we go through our days.

Summer Camps…

One of my favorite times of year is summer…because I get the joy of watching our kids grow closer to God. Without fail, God seems to approach when we ask Him to. Starting tomorrow, Robbie and I will be traveling up to Keystone Heights to watch God do exactly that for 5 days at our Elementary Camp Week. I would like to ask for you to pray for this time. Pray that God keeps everyone as safe, that He is free to show Himself to these kids and leaders, and that we can bless those who live and work at this camp.

I think I’ll give an update or two throughout the week, so stay tuned.

Transportation…

So, I’ve been thinking alot about modes of transportation lately…do I fix my broken car, do I look for another car, do I bite the bullet and buy a newer car, or do I take the advice of my dear old friends Harry and Lloyd??? 70 mpg sounds kinda nice…until it rains…hmmm…decisions…

 

conversations…

I took some time today to just sit and spend with God. In the past few weeks, I have been calling out to God about some important issues, things that I considered to be rather deep. Today was different for me. I didn’t really have anything like that today. I just sat there searching my soul for some life-altering topic to converse with God about. In this season of my life though, it’s pretty much all good. Good people, huge blessings, most of what I need He and I had been chatting about for a while now. So…what was I going to talk about with God today?

Turns out that this was the perfect question to ask God. I had just found my conversation for today. And the answer: Nothing. Just sit. Just be. Enjoy time with God. The fact that God wanted nothing more at that moment than to just spend some time with me perplexed me. 

At this point of the conversation, for the first time in a long while with God, I was speechless, peaceful, and humbled. I wish I could say that times like this happened more often than they actually do in my life. I too often try to steer my life, including my times with God, towards a specific place or direction that I deem “worthy,” feeling the weight and the responsibility to talk with God about the right things at the right times. If I could only come to grasp that no one knows where our conversations should go better than God, perhaps my prayer life would look a little different. Sure I can say or type this, but there’s a heart thing here that God may be illuminating within me. Maybe on this day, God invited me into some opportunities for growth as it applies to how He and I go at a very deep level. And He maybe He used the avenue of the very “not-so-deep” and “nothing-to-say” to do so.

So, what have you and God been talking about lately? Nothing might be a really good answer. It was today. 

Psalm 46:10-11 “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”11 The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.” (I added the bold type).