I wonder if some in the crowd

Worried that the loaves and fishes would be enough

Who am I

To command anything

In the created world

Or the spiritual one?

But it will not nullify the faithfulness of God. We will experience hardship when we choose sin, yet even these consequences will be redeemed to bring God glory in the end. What generosity does God display for us!

Do they not understand

That I know exactly what they need

And won’t make them wait

Any longer than I have to

Now at the late hour, there was not many actual things that I could have done to find a solution. But the constant analysis made me feel as if I was taking steps to find an answer so I kept brainstorming.

A few weeks ago, we were talking through the reality of leadership and submission. Not a popular topic, but a very valuable one.

Home is where you are

Old friends will at times become strangers

As you grow and change

It is powerful to say outloud to ourselves and others that we are richly blessed with more than we deserve.

Then we enter a season of waiting. For the Christmas holiday, we wait in eager anticipation because we know what we are celebrating has already happened.

Our grief and pain are significant to our Savior. But I also know that to choose joy in not to overlook or deny pain. It is in fact a way to redeem it.