mercy

Take It In, Breathe It Out

Scripture Focus: “The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.” — Job 33:4 It’s easy to move through a day without ever thinking about something as simple as breathing. It just happens—quietly, steadily, without effort, announcement, or applause. We don’t schedule it. We don’t earn it.…
Holding On Through the Storms

Scripture Focus: “Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it…” —Song of Solomon 8:7 Real love is not a paper umbrella in a thunderstorm. It’s not the kind of thing that collapses the moment the wind picks up or life starts throwing sideways rain. Scripture describes true love as something stronger than…
Spiritual Baggage and Generational Patterns

Scripture Focus: “Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep…
Where Mercy and Truth Meet

Scripture Focus: Psalm 85:10–11 “Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.” If Psalm 85:10–11 were a recipe, it would have some of the richest ingredients a soul could live on: mercy, truth, righteousness, and peace.…
Where You’re Going, He Already Is

Scripture Focus: Deuteronomy 31:8 “And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.” There’s something deeply comforting about knowing God goes before us. He never points us toward a hard place and then stands back…
Still Mine

(For my beloved son, David—no distance, no darkness, and no mistakehas ever changed the love that carries you.) There is a space beside methat does not belong to silence—it belongs to you. The world keeps movingas if nothing has been misplaced. But something has. A piece of my breathingwalks this earthoutside my reach. My hands…
The Balancing of the Clouds

Job 37:16“Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?” Job was spoken to from within a storm. God spoke from the whirlwind. He met Job in a place of noise, confusion, and upheaval, not after the storm had passed, but while it was still raging.…
Love in Its Truest Form

Love is not the spark alone,Not roses laid at twilight’s door,Not whispered words that fade by noon,Or hearts sketched lightly on a shore. Love is not the pulse of thrillThat races bright, then settles low.It is the quiet, steadfast willTo stay when lesser feelings go. It is the lamp in storm-tossed air,The hand that does…
Enough for Today

There are mornings I open my Bible hoping to be surprised. I’m looking for that moment when a sentence just lifts itself off the page and speaks my name. I love when God does that. Those moments feel like the fire catching all at once, suddenly the room is warm and bright. I’ve also learned…
When the Ledger Never Closes

Forgiveness seems to always begin with a sense of unfairness. We learn this feeling early, long before we have the words to explain it. A child knows, with absolute certainty, when something should be excused. I didn’t mean it. They pushed me first. I was tired. In their mind, intention ought to outweigh impact. If…