One recent day I engaged in conversations with two individuals, each presented with a journey they didn’t ask for. Their journeys look nothing alike; their circumstances are unique. The Lord has seen fit to arrange personal times of community, coupled with listening to, observing, and speaking about the woven and the weaving of their lives. […]
“This is How We Know”
“This is how we know” coincides with the Mercy portion of a persuaded heart, with Teacher alongside. John the Beloved was a Mercy, who learned from Jesus the Teacher as a disciple before he was sent forth by Him as His Apostle. In John’s living of life after Jesus’s return to the Father, Holy Spirit […]
Legitimacy Lies – “This is How You Do It”
Legitimacy Lies – “This is how you do it” misused, aims at or lands in the heart of an individual’s God-given design. When my counselor husband and I were first introduced to the ever-growing study of the redemptive (grace) gifts, we took seriously the personal component of our respective designs. Early attempts to utilize even […]
Legitimacy Lies – Designed to Disservice Our Design
Legitimacy lies are arrows of the Accuser, their poison tips designed to penetrate one’s soul. If left intact, they permeate the ground of our life and who God designed us to be. There is a toxicity to these poison arrows. The human spirit – our own and the spirit of others – becomes the dumping […]