If I love the Lord, why is surrendering to him so difficult? Part one

                                                                    Photo by Getty Images on Unsplash   Wow! What a loaded question. First, do you love the Lord, or are you in love with the Lord?   I know it sounds like semantics (the meaning and...

Words matter when surrendering

Photo by Nick-Fewings on Unsplash   This rabbit hole is deep, so stay with me as I explain it.   Chapter six of the New Testament gospel story of Luke reveals a pivotal point in Jesus’s life. He spends the night in earnest prayer before choosing his...

They are only words: or are they?

Photo by Nick-Fewings on Unsplash The wisdom books of Solomon struck me this week. Before I go there, though, let me give you a reason why they caught my attention.   The Lord is teaching me to live a deeper life of surrender and training me to think differently....

Have you noticed that God often has a different plan?

  Photo by Andrew-George on Unsplash   In my last post, I commented on the Old Testament scripture in Zechariah, where the prophet speaks about Jesus around 500 years before his birth.     “Sword, get moving against my shepherd, against my...

If Jesus struggled with it, so will you

Photo by Lino-C on Unsplash While researching the scriptures in my surrender journey, I have been intrigued by the story of Jesus in the garden before his suffering.   “Then Jesus went with them to a garden called Gethsemane and told his disciples,...