It’s awful to know that horrible things happen, and then they don’t go away. It’s like the evil has to grow to maturity before it gets cut down. Standing in a field of growing evil is really disconcerting. It’s just plain, feels creepy. It’s like, I know what’s growing, but can’t do a thing about… Continue reading 13 The Agonizing Wait of Evil to Grow
12 Meeting your Accuser
We’ve all seen it.. nah… we’ve all experience the proverbial “bully” on the playground. The scene is set – the bully sees us, walks towards us with their entourage trailing them, the bully makes an off handed comment to one of the henchmen and both laugh in our direction… the swaggering pride, the glare… us… Continue reading 12 Meeting your Accuser
11 Terror of the Obedient; the hiccup between the UGH!! and the BAM!!
When we were kids, we were taught that if you obeyed, things would go well for you. Umm…that’s just not that case, many times. Let’s say you obey God in how you handle a situation, but it gets your friends/peers mad because suddenly you were “the righteous one” and all you did was “show off”… Continue reading 11 Terror of the Obedient; the hiccup between the UGH!! and the BAM!!
10 Death of a Dream (Nightmare), Birth of the Miraculous
Have you ever had a dream to ____________ (fill in the blank) and it ended up being a bit of a nightmare by the time it turned into reality? Yeah, I know, too close to home, eh? The reality of the woman in the story was stark. Sin of the past, famine, death of a… Continue reading 10 Death of a Dream (Nightmare), Birth of the Miraculous
9 Famine Banquets
I’m a person who likes to believe that I am spontaneous but really, I like to plan out the variables that occur when doing spontaneous things, and have action plans for each variable, down to the 3rd or 4th generation of it… OK, so, not so spontaneous. But I “LOOK” spontaneous, because I’m easy-going about… Continue reading 9 Famine Banquets
8 In the Quiet
Struggling alone? Wrestling with God about what’s going on in your life or the lives of your loved ones? It’s hard knowing that I live in Manitoba – where the fields emotional/spiritual/physical fields SHOULD be producing, but aren’t.. (we’re in a drought) Kinda feels a little more like the Sahara… Wrestling day are quite days,… Continue reading 8 In the Quiet
7 What Makes Demons Fall
You know when you’re aching about something, and you’ve got nuthin’ to sustain you? yeah… I know… The craziest thing is when GOD ANSWERS you in those places… That’s what happened to me the other day. I was praying about the ache in my deep heart and was asking the Lord for.. something, anything… Instead… Continue reading 7 What Makes Demons Fall
6 The Shaking
Sometimes things just shake. They kick you in the gut and shake you to your core and you wonder if you will still be standing when the dust settles. Those are hard times. I’m in one of those hard times right now. There are so many variables in my situation that I can’t seem to… Continue reading 6 The Shaking
5 When What you are Isn’t what they See
It’s just plain easier to put people in a box. I sometimes wish people would behave and just stay in the box I put them in, so I could categorize people that I love and those I hate, those who are “on my team” and those who “aren’t worth my time”. Oddly enough, people don’t… Continue reading 5 When What you are Isn’t what they See
4 Good News first
People often ask, “okay, bad news first or the good news…” when giving information to someone. Inevitably, the person picks the bad news first to get it over with, so they can rest in the good news. I’m a classic for that strategy, weirdly, God isn’t – at least not when talking to Josh. The… Continue reading 4 Good News first