Excerpts from Romans 7:21 - 8:16
It seems to be a fact of life that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God’s law with all my heart. But there is another law at work within me that is at war with my mind. [...]

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Sometimes when I finally “get it” it hurts. My heart hurts from the joy, sadness, relief, wonder. I am in disbelief that God just talked to me. Little ol’ me. He just put things into place in front of me in a way that clicked. The best kind of learning. [...]

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[Cross posted from my SoulRevolution.net mini-blog. Currently on day 28 of the 60-60 Experiment.]
I want to be perfect. I want God to love me because I earned it. I want to be entitled to all kinds of good things because I worked hard and did a good job.
There is a whole lot of hurt [...]

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I’m getting another common message.  My friend Heidi, and Soul Revolution author John Burke have both written something I think God’s trying to tell me.
Even now, I’m writing instead of taking time to be still…so…I’m gonna go now…

Read the rest of Be Still, huh?

The message last week in church (will post a link if I can find the video) was inspired by John Ortberg’s book, “When the Game is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box“.  It’s had me thinking this week, as I struggle with priorities.  There’s just too much to do in my life, how [...]

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Mini-rant here. What does it say about us as a nation, that we expect so much less from our so-called “leaders” than we do our own children? When one child says something that mocks another, and we call them on it, and they respond, “But he did it first!”, do we say, “Ohhh! [...]

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Things I have noticed so far:

God doesn’t butt into my life. I have to choose to be involved with him. I should stop thinking of these alarms that interrupt as an intrusion. [Ironic that my alarm is interrupting this blog post, eh?] I set my cell phone calendar to chime once [...]

Read the rest of Day 19 of 60-60 Experiment

My heart is pretty full right now.  J4 has been working his butt off to keep our home in good condition.  Spent the hot hours of the day treating our driveway.  I love that man.

We have lived in this home for over 11 years.  Neighbors have come and gone.  Ashamedly, after really good friend neighbors [...]

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It’s been a rough couple of days.  I have been wrestling, fighting, struggling.  With God, with myself, with doubt and frustration, with anger, with fear.  Lots of white noise in my head.
I sat down for my coffee and Bible time today and was brought to this:
But now God has shown us a different way of [...]

Read the rest of Day 10 - 60-60 Experiment

There’s a lot going on in my head, in my life, in my spirit.  I have wanted to blog about it several times, but I don’t yet have the words.
This Experiment has, so far, been the most profoundly impactful thing I’ve done.  It’s bringing things to the forefront that I haven’t really dealt with yet.  [...]

Read the rest of Day 5 - 60-60 Experiment