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Posts Tagged: wisdom

What is Your Need Today?

I’m currently working on a new writing project, the first of a three-book series about about the names of God. In full disclosure, I look at the scope of this project and fearful thoughts enter my mind. The biggest fear, at this time, involves meeting the August 31 deadline.   Meeting that deadline would be… [ read more ]

Remember This When Bad News Comes

Bad news came to my inbox this week: Someone’s 14-year-old daughter went missing. A husband relapsed into drug addiction. A personal friend landed in ICU on a ventilator. Another friend was diagnosed with dementia. Jesus knows how easily we can lose heart when bad news comes our way. Perhaps that’s why He said, “Don’t let… [ read more ]

Why Do Our Choices Matter?

  John Donne was an English clergyman and poet who lived from 1572-1631. He’s the fellow who coined the well-known phrase, “No man is an island unto himself.” Wise, guy, he was. He understood that the choices we make impact not only ourselves but also those around us.   Take Rahab, for instance. She’s the… [ read more ]

The Significance of an Overlooked 3-Letter Word

  I find it’s easy to blow past little words when reading my Bible. One of those words is “all.” Several times in the past week, it jumped off the page at me as if to say, “I’m small but significant. Pay attention to me!”   One encounter with this wee word was in —“Trust… [ read more ]

Why I Didn’t Want This One-Word for 2020

  Determining the Lord’s focus word for me at the start of each year is usually a fun exercise. This year the process has been less fun and more a painful path to self-discovery.   My word is—drum roll, please—“listen.”   It’s not the word I wanted. I tried to ignore it. I picked and… [ read more ]

Being Honest from the Heart

  “Who, me? I don’t have a problem with fear. Or envy. Or impure thoughts.”   “Who, me? I don’t struggle with unforgiveness. Or impatience. Or comparison.”   We might look in the mirror and think we’re doing okay, maybe even a tad bit better than the next person. But, human nature being what it… [ read more ]

Human Wisdom and Faulty Brick Walls

When my husband and I lived in Nepal, he worked as a civil engineer on a hydro project for a couple of years. Then he was asked to oversee a renovation project at a mission hospital. One day he leaned on a brick retaining wall at the construction site. To his shock, the wall collapsed…. [ read more ]

Seeking Wisdom is Good, But Loving God is Better

How many “aha” moments can a person have in a short period of time? I feel as though they’re coming at me from every direction. Each time they hit me, I wonder why I haven’t noticed these truths earlier. Learning never stops, nor should it!   The speaker at the family Bible camp I attended… [ read more ]

Need Help? Here’s the Source

Do you have a particular Bible verse that comes to mind often and easily?   Mine is —“I I look up to the mountains—does my help come from there? My help comes from the LORD, who made the heavens and the earth!” Living in southwestern British Columbia gives me opportunity to see mountains every day…. [ read more ]