expectation

“Read with a vulnerable heart. Expect to be blessed in the reading. Read as one awake, one waiting for the beloved. Read with reverence.”

Macrina Wiederkehr

When I read scripture, I try to approach it as a love letter instead of like a newspaper. I read the newspaper to gain information. I read a love letter as if the person is right there with me, speaking into my heart.

That’s the way I want to approach the Bible….as if it is God’s love letter to me. I want to read it expecting that God will speak to me...as if He has something special to say to me.

I invite you to read a few verses…read them through slowly, several times. Pay attention to any words or phrases that seem to be illuminated and then, ask God what He wants you to know. Spend some time pondering what He is saying to you…about Him…about yourself. Then offer up a prayer of intention.

Expect Him to meet you in the scriptures.

Grace and peace,
Deb

pain

"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”

There is pain in life. There is no way around it. This isn’t the way it was meant to be. There was no pain in the Garden.

All I need to do is look around…I am not living in the Garden any longer and so I have pain in my life. Thinking I can avoid pain is not choosing to live in reality.

I think what I do with the pain I encounter in life is the key. I am trying to look at pain through a different lens. Instead of asking “Why?” or even “What is God trying to teach me through this?”, I am trying to ask the question “Where can I see Jesus in this pain? How is He holding me in the midst of it?” I don’t just want to endure it…to get through it so I can learn the lesson on the other side. I want to be present during it, to be aware, to look at God’s hand in it.

Are you in the midst of a painful time? Are you struggling with why something painful happened in the past or why something painful is occurring right now? If so, I invite you to sit with God and ask Him to reveal Himself in the middle of it all…how is He carrying you even though you may not be able to sense Him? Consider journaling about those questions and resting in God as He slowly reveals the answers.

Grace and peace,
Deb

beginnings

This past weekend I was part of a retreat for 30 women. We unpacked the theme of ‘forgiveness’. We looked at those who have hurt us in the past and where we are in the process of forgiving them. We also looked at the things we have done and whether or not we are able to accept God’s forgiveness for ourselves.

It was a difficult weekend. Many issues were unearthed, some that the gals thought they had dealt with years ago. Other women discovered issues they had not previously talked about let alone dealt with.

The beautiful part is that God has begun the healing process. It doesn’t feel good but it is beneficial. Jesus died so that we might have life…not just eternally, but a rich, deep, meaningful life here. A life that others will look at and be able to see Him …not only in the wonderful things but also in the difficult things.

To those of you who are grappling with forgiveness…either giving or receiving…consider offering it up to God and ask Him to show what the next step might be. Surrender to Him and nurture your new ‘beginning’.

Grace and peace,
Deb

spa for the soul - awareness

“Man’s walled mind has no access to a ladder upon which he can, of his own strength, rise to knowledge of God. Yet his soul is endowed with translucent windows that open to the beyond.”

Abraham Heschel


God wants to be known by me. He wants to be pursued by me. He wants to be desired by me. He gives me ample opportunity to see Him. All I have to do is be aware of the ‘translucent windows’ that give me glimpses into His presence. It may be in the form of a rainbow or a sunset. It may be in the coo of a baby. It may be in the sweet smell of a springtime rain. It may be in the power of lightening or the quiet hush of a new snowfall. It may be in vibrant color of a tropical fish or in the majesty of a mountain. It may be in the beauty of the Word or in the soothing words of a friend.

The evidence is everywhere…I just need to be looking. I invite you to join me today in looking for Him, in all the different ways He reveals himself.

Grace and peace,
Deb
***No posting tomorrow as I have a retreat this weekend.

known

Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;
you formed me in my mother's womb.
I thank you, High God—you're breathtaking!
Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
I worship in adoration—what a creation!
You know me inside and out,
you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
before I'd even lived one day.

Psalm 139: 13-16

Today, I had the opportunity to spend some time with this verse. I asked God, before I began, to illuminate what He wanted me to see. The words that jumped off the page to me were “You know me….”. I had read this passage numerous times over the years. This is something I’ve known in my head for a long time but today, I knew it in my heart. He knows everything about me. All the good and all the bad.

What really stuck me is that if God knows me that intimately, how can I not trust Him? Sometimes I think I trust Him more with the big things but struggle trusting Him with the small things. I want to trust Him with everything.

Where are you with trusting Him? Do you say you trust Him but live out something different? If you know that He knows and loves you so much…He wants only the best for you….consider trusting Him with all that you have and with all that you are.

Grace and peace,
Deb

balance

Guardian of the seasons,
keeper of every time
tune us so to your rhythms
that we may know
the occasion for stillness
and the moments for action.
May we be so prepared
so aware
so awakened
in our waiting
that when you prompt us
into motion
our hands may be your hands
and our purposes
your own.

Jan Richardson

journaling

Last Friday was a day full of contradictions for me. My mind was full of steaming thoughts that threatened to leave me reeling. I went through so many emotions in a short period of time. I began my day hearing someone share their deep pain while going through a crisis of faith.

Then I received a phone call that my son had been in a car accident. Someone had rear-ended him and his jeep had flipped over (he is sore but fine).

I had a phone call from a friend whose children are all going through extremely tough situations.

And, finally, I spoke with my mom, who lives in Arizona and is not in the best of health. After years of trying to convince her to come back to PA and live near us, she is finally considering it.

Interesting how I can go weeks without significant events and then have one day full of them. The only way to process these kinds of things for me is to journal about them. I came home Friday night and wrote about all these experiences, where I saw God in them. I expressed my sorrow and my gratitude. I thanked God for His provision and asked Him to hold the things I couldn’t understand or change. Even though nothing had changed in my circumstances after I had finished, I had peace once I was done processing them on paper.

I invite you to continue journaling and discover what God is revealing to you through the events of your life. It is a rich experience that can increase your awareness of God’s hand in everything that touches you.

Grace and peace,
Deb

glorious ruins

“To be like Jesus means that we must enter the complexity of both dignity and depravity. We are made in the image of God – glorious. We have taken on Adam and Eve’s hiding and blaming – ruin. We are glorious ruins, bent glory. And it shows up in every moment of our existence until we one day see Jesus as he is and become pure as he is pure.”

Dan Allender

The photo above is of the ancient aqueduct at Caesarea, which is the city in Israel where Herod built his summer palace. The ruins in this city are spectacular. You have hints of what they once where even in their deteriorated state.

Glorious ruins. Bent glory. I love the picture that paints. It directly speaks to the dignity that is part of me by virtue of the fact that I am made in God’s image; that the Holy Spirit resides within me. And, it speaks to the depravity that is woven into my DNA as I share in the ripple effect of the Fall. Like the ruins at Caesarea, it reveals both the pure beauty that befits an image bearer of God, and the ravages of living outside of the Garden. Everyday, I am moving back and forth between these two states.

What complicates the whole thing? You are also living in this beautiful mess. All of our interactions will be a blend of both. I pray that , as I continue to grow in grace, more and more of my dignity will come through in my relationships.

You and I are a glorious ruins….we possess bent glory. I invite you to try and be more aware of that reality and to live into it more fully this week.

Grace and peace,
Deb

longings

“…have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.”

Rainer Maria Rilke


I recently spent some time with someone who is looking for God. This is not someone who is new to spirituality but someone who has built her adult life around God. She is struggling with deep questions of faith. She is trying to make sense of how God works but things are not adding up. Considering that God is a God of mystery is not a comfort to her and hits up against her rational, intellectual approach to spirituality. She wants Him to be predictable and safe.

It was painful to hear her recount her story and where she is in this journey right now. On one hand, she talks of God as if He is a detached being who is not intricately involved in her life. But, she also expresses a deep desire to know God in an intimate way. She is filled with questions and they weigh heavy on her heart.

I left the time with her, burdened. It is nothing I can ‘fix’ or solve or answer for her…nor do I want to (several years ago, I would have felt compelled to help her see what I believe to be is true). I will simply hold her in prayer and trust that God will work in her life as He will. And know that the pain she is going through now can be used to strengthen her faith. I trust God is big enough to handle her questions and that He will allow himself to be found as she searches.

Do you have questions? Questions that you feel you can’t share because others might see that you are struggling with the mysteries of God? God can hold your questions. He can hold your doubts. He can hold all of it.

Live the questions now and perhaps, then, someday, you will, gradually without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.

Grace and Peace,
Deb

solitude

“Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word ‘solitude’ to express the glory of being alone.”

Paul Tillich

Loneliness is epidemic in our world. We can feel lonely in a room full of people. We can feel so disconnected from others. We long for connection, for intimacy.

Solitude is rare in our world. It is a choice we make to create room in our spirits for God to dwell, to work. It is a place where we sit with God….a place to connect with Him and allow intimacy to develop.

Loneliness is inner emptiness.

Solitude is inner fulfillment.

Loneliness is pain.

Solitude is glory.

Loneliness is a place of hollowness.

Solitude is a place of formation.

I invite you to spend some time today in solitude, asking God to create a place of formation inside of you, where your relationship with him may deepen and grow.

Grace and Peace,
Deb

spa for the soul - prayer

Oswald Chambers says;

"Intercession means raising ourselves up to the point of getting the mind of Christ regarding the person for whom we are praying…..When we lose site of God we become hard and dogmatic. We throw our petitions at His throne and dictate to Him what we want Him to do….”

There was always something inside me that struggled when I would hear someone teach that all we needed to do was name, in faith, what we want from God and claim it…have enough faith and it will happen. If what we pray for doesn’t come to pass, it’s because we had a lack of faith. I cannot tell you how many people I have seen hurt over the years by this teaching.

I always used to have a hard time when I would engage in intercessory prayer. I was never comfortable telling God how I thought things should be. Then I wondered if I was being ‘double-minded’ in my prayer life, exhibiting a lack of faith. Things just weren’t fitting together for me.

This quote from Chambers reflects how I have come to understand intercessory prayer in the past couple of years. When I pray for someone, I lift that person up to God and ask Him to tell me how He wants me to pray for them. If I don’t sense Him speaking, I just lift that individual up to Him…and leave my concern for them there.

If something is pressing deeply on my heart, I tell God what I’m feeling…I am honest with Him about what I would like to see happen, but I always say…” what I want more than what I want is what You want.” I do not think this is a prayer of unbelief. I am not praying this way because I ‘hedge my bets’ in case God doesn’t respond the way I want Him too. I pray this way because I believe my desire for God’s will over my own desires is a prayer close to God’s heart. That, I believe …is the essence of faith.

Grace and Peace,
Deb

miracles

It’s An Ordinary Miracle Day

It’s not that unusual when everything is beautiful
It’s just another ordinary miracle today
The sky knows when it’s time to snow
Don’t need to teach a seed to grow
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Life is like a gift they say, wrapped up for you everyday
Open up and find a way to give some of your own
Isn’t it remarkable like every time a raindrop falls
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Birds and winter have their fling but always make it home by spring
It’s just another ordinary miracle today
When you wake up every day please don’t throw your dreams away
Hold them close to your heart cause we are all a part of the ordinary miracle

Ordinary miracle, do you wanna see a miracle?
Oooooooo

It seems so exceptional that things just work out after all
It’s just another ordinary miracle today
The sun comes up and shines so bright and disappears again at night
It’s just another ordinary miracle today
Oooooooo

It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Sarah McLaughlin

This song paints a beautiful picture of miracles that occur everyday. Take some time to sit with the words and see what ‘ordinary miracles God does, in your life, today.

Grace and Peace,
Deb

thank you

On your feet now—applaud GOD! Bring a gift of laughter,
sing yourselves into his presence.

Know this: GOD is God, and God, GOD.
He made us; we didn't make him.
We're his people, his well-tended sheep.

Enter with the password: "Thank you!"
Make yourselves at home, talking praise.
Thank him. Worship him.

For GOD is sheer beauty,
all-generous in love,
loyal always and ever.

Psalm 100

I invite you to begin this new day with gratitude to God for His love for you.

Grace and Peace,
Deb

reflecting

I have been having some conversations lately about how women uniquely reflect the image of God. Can you even imagine that? You are an image bearer of God. Everyone you come in contact with has an opportunity to see God’s glory in you…if you are allowing it to shine through and if they are looking for it.

Do you look for the reflection of God in others? I know I usually don’t. How much have I missed because I wasn’t consciously looking for it?

One of the challenges given to me this week is to think of several women in my life and ponder what part of God is reflected through them to me. I invite you to think of one or two women in your life. What part of God do they show you when you are with them? Take it one step further…consider sharing your thoughts with them. They may not even be aware of what, in them, speaks of God to others and it may be an incredible encouragement.

Grace and Peace,
Deb

sabbath

no posting today ~ enjoy the sabbath

gift

“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.”

Ashley Smith

Awareness. It is a simple, but incredible gift. But it is the gift I always need to remind myself to open or it can sit on the shelf. If I don’t constantly remind myself to pay attention to all that is around me, I will miss it. I will just see it as old, ordinary life when it is anything but.

All of life is brimming with God. I just need to open my eyes and see it …lift the veil on my heart to become more present to the beauty that surrounds me….and speaks to me of God.

Take time today to notice the beauty. Open the gift.

Grace and Peace,
Deb

rest

And so, let me let you hold me
when I have come to the place
beyond the willingness to labor,
beyond anything but the longing for rest.
Let my emptiness be emptiness
till it reveals to me your face
and let my weariness be weariness
till it prompts me to your rest.
Then may I know the healing of the possibility
of dreams and take up my work again.

Jan Richardson


I need to hear this right now. I need to let Him hold me…I need rest. Sometimes when I think I am at the end of my energy, if I take some time to rest (and not just sleep, but rest) I find that I have the energy to dream and take up my work again.

If you’re struggling with weariness…weariness because of doing good things…rest. Let Him hold you…and rest.

Grace and Peace,
Deb

spa for the soul - silence

“I surround myself with silence. The silence is within me, permeates me, my house, reaches beyond the surfaces of the outer walls and into the bordering woods. It is one silence, continuous from within me outward in all directions: above, beneath, forward, rearward, sideward. In the silence I listen, I watch, I sense, I attend, I observe. I require this silence. I search it out.”

Alice Koller

This is what I want for my life. My days are filled with deadlines and tasks. And I seem to add more to my plate without taking anything off. I need silence. I need it to slow me down, to quiet my inner critic, to help me pay attention to God’s still, small voice. I have found that silence is foundational to the well-being of my spiritual life…and that impacts my emotional and physical life.

If you are practicing silence, consider extending the time you spend. If you haven’t tried it, begin with three minutes. You can focus in on your breathing to keep all the other thoughts out of your mind. "In…and…out…in…and…out." Just allow yourself to ‘be’ in God’s presence, silently, for three minutes. It will be a gift you give to Him…and to yourself.

Grace and Peace,
Deb

paths

Years ago, when I consciously began my relationship with God, I was taught that there one way to nurture that relationship. There was this formula that I needed to follow. It consisted of spending time reading Scripture and then going through my prayer list. Once I was done with this activity (when I did it) I was on my way and going about my day without really thinking of God outside of making sure I made good decisions.

In the past couple of years I’ve discovered that there are other paths to nurturing my relationship with God. I learned that I could read just a verse or two and sit with it for a few days, reflecting on what God was saying to me through it. I could sit quietly with Him with no requests on my lips. When I began to get quiet, I could hear Him and see Him in conversations, in movies, in songs, in nature. I could see Him so many places if I took the time to pay attention and be aware.

I went from all verbal prayer to almost all non-verbal prayer….just taking time to be with God and raising concerns to Him as he raises them in me.

I went from a Type A, ‘life of the party’ personality to being much more comfortable being alone and being quiet. I feel like I can sense Him more easily and that He permeates every area of my life.

I love this new way of being with God. I am comfortable letting the old fall away. Not that it isn’t good or profitable but it isn’t how God is calling me to be with Him right now.

May you ask Him how He wants you to be with Him….may you be willing to try something different, a little out of your comfort zone if that is how He leads. May you discover the paths that God may be inviting you to. May you have a new sense of His presence.

Grace and peace,
Deb

shackled

“Forgiveness is the key that can unshackle us from a past that will not rest in the grave of things over and done with. As long as our minds are captive to the memory of having been wronged, they are not free to wish for reconciliation.”

Lewis B. Smedes

When my daughter was in Jr High, she liked this boy. They talked on the phone (because she wasn’t allowed to date until she was 16) and they would see each other at sporting events. One particular day we went to see him participate in an event. He had invited her to come. Then, in front of her, he got cozy with another girl. I was furious. In fact, I think I lost my mind for a few minutes. She and I went out to get in the car and I told her to wait while I went back into the school to look for this guy. Why? Well, I envisioned myself taking a hold of him and putting him up against the lockers and telling him that I didn’t appreciate him being disrespectful to my child. God was watching over me and him that night because I couldn’t find him.

What does this story have to do with forgiveness? I cannot tell you how long it was before I could think of that episode and not get worked up over what had happened. Years. I had been able to more easily forgive much greater offences but for some reason, this one was hard to let go. It would come to mind every time I heard a message, heard a song or read, about forgiveness. In fact, my daughter moved past it much more quickly than I did. That incident was a part of me for a long time…longer than I care to admit. Not that I would have ever even said anything to him if I had seen him but I held it in my heart.

Unforgiveness does shackle us to whoever hurt us. We chose to remain shackled to them and only through the key of forgiveness can we be free.

Consider who in your life, God might be calling you to forgive. It may be for a huge offense…it may be for a careless slight. But listen to what He is saying to you and ask Him for the power to forgive. Ask Him for the key to freedom from your past. Just ask…….

Grace and peace,
Deb

love

“Being loved by God is different. His love is unique in that it has nothing to do with me. God hasn’t chosen to love me because of things about me that he finds lovable. God’s love has everything to do with what’s true about God. It is God’s nature to love, and so God loves me naturally.”

Fil Anderson

Do you find this hard to believe? I know I do. Maybe it’s because so much of the love we experience here on earth has to do with our performance. So many times I feel I am more loved if I do a good job, if I produce, if I do things for other people. It is contrary to what I know and have experienced, to accept that God loves me just as I am and not because of anything I do for Him.

Several years ago, I began to wrestle with this idea. I don’t have it down yet but it is beginning to sink in.

Do you do things that you think will make God love you more? Are there things in your past that you think prevent God from loving you completely? Can you consider that you have a less than complete picture of God and of His character…and the way that He loves? He loves you right now with all the fullness that the God of the universe is capable of. There is nothing you can do to increase that love and thankfully, there is nothing you can do to decrease it either. Reflect on that thought for a few moments today. The love of God for you is incomprehensible. Simple. True. Beautiful.

Grace and Peace,
Deb

sabbath

no posting today...enjoy the sabbath

spills

Help me, O God,
To treasure all the words in the Scriptures,
but to treasure them only as they lead to You.
May the words be stepping stones in finding You,
and if I am to get lost at all in the search,
may it not be down a theological rabbit trail,
or in some briar patch of religious controversy.

If I am to get lost at all,
grant that it be in Your arms.
Help me to love You the way Mary did.
And may something of the spilling passion of her devotion, spill onto me.

Ken Gire


May you spend some time today reflecting on the love that spills from the Father onto you.

Grace and Peace,
Deb

commitment

A couple of days ago I was with a group of women and one of them said something that really struck me. She said she had been listening to the radio and heard someone say that God doesn’t want to date us….he doesn’t want just a Sunday or Wednesday kinda relationship. He wants a relationship like marriage – a real committed relationship.

Can you even imagine that the God of the universe wants a relationship that meaningful, that intimate with you? He loves you and wants to be with you. He wants you to want to be with Him…to just be with Him.

Today, let that truth wash over you. Don’t just ‘date’ God…don’t settle for a causal relationship. Consider deepening your commitment to Him. May you see Him as your first love.

Grace and Peace,
Deb

beauty

Recently, I had a conversation with a friend who has gone through some really tough times in her life in the last 5 years. She found herself in a situation that changed her life dramatically. She watched her career fade away, her trust, her security. I am sure there were times when she thought she would never come out of dark tunnel she found herself in.

A couple of days ago she was shown, in a beautiful way, that she had come out on the other side of that dark tunnel. God had lead her through during times when she couldn’t see far enough to put on foot in front of the other, when she had no idea what the future held. In fact, He has given her a vision for how her pain can be turned in to something beautiful that will be a blessing to others in the future. I think of the verse in Proverbs…

”Weeping endures for a night but joy comes in the morning.”

Sometimes the night lasts a long, long time but God can redeem those things that would want to sink us….maybe not on our timetable but in His. He can bring beauty from the ashes. He can revive hearts and minds and lives.

To my friend…thank you for entrusting me with your incredible story. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for you as God continues to weave his beautiful plan into your life…as His story intersects with your story…and as you fly.

Deb

longings

Do you have those things that lie deep inside you that you desire? Longings? Are they so strong sometimes that you feel them physically? Do you push them down, afraid to admit them to yourself let alone to someone else?

Last year, I heard a Catholic sister tell this story:

She wanted to become a nun but she wasn’t sure that was God’s will or hers. She said that she had a dream. She knew that in this dream, she was seeking wise counsel to help her make this decision. During the course of the dream she saw three people who she considered to be wise but for some reason, she didn’t present her dilemma to them. She then saw a little boy and felt compelled to ask him what to do. She said “Should I be a sister?” He looked at her, thought for a moment and said “ Well...do you wanna?”

She knew at that moment, that her deepest longing was placed in her by God. Why do we, so many times, think that if it's something we desire, it can’t possibly be of God? We tend to think that if he wants us to do it, we will find it difficult or distasteful. The answer contained in the dream speaks of the beautiful simplicity of God and how complicated we often want to make things.

Of course we want to be wise and make sure that our desires are in line with the Word, and with what we know about God’s character. But how comforting is it to think that the deepest desires of our heart are, most likely, placed there by God and he may be waiting for us to move into them?

I invite you to take time today and write down, on paper, some of your deepest desires. Don’t be afraid to name them and then offer them up to God and ask him to show you what the next step may be. Just acknowledging that they are there is a huge first step.

Grace and peace,
Deb

spa for the soul - love

I apologize for posting this early Monday evening for Tuesday but I am having internet problems at home and wanted to make sure I was able to post this before leaving work.


Please take some time and reflect on the words of this song. It is simply beautiful.

"Your Love Is Extravagant"

Your love is extravagant
Your friendship, it is intimate
I feel like moving to the rhythm of Your grace
Your fragrance is intoxicating in our secret place
Your love is extravagant

Spread wide in the arms of Christ is the love that covers sin
No greater love have I ever known You considered me a friend
Capture my heart again

Spread wide in the arms of Christ is the love that covers sin
No greater love have I ever known; You considered me a friend

Capture my heart again
Your love is extravagant
Your friendship, it is intimate

Casting Crowns

Consider taking some time to write a letter to God expressing how you feel about the love He has poured out on you........


Grace and Peace,
Deb

control

St Ignatius of Loyola notes that sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants is our deepest happiness. Until I am absolutely convinced of this I will do everything I can to keep my hands on the controls of my life, because I think I know better than God what I need for my fulfillment.

David Benner


Wow….that says a lot to me. Unfortunately, it’s true. Anytime I can think of where I have ‘done it my way’, it is because I don’t fully trust God to do it ‘right.’ Of course I will give him lip service….I’ll say I trust him but one needs look no further than my latest manipulation of things to see that I doubt. I don’t doubt his ability to do it…just that he would do it for me….or that he will do in time (that would be my timetable of course!).

I may seem like I am being hard on myself. And, I have seen improvements. But I know the depth of shadows in my heart. I know what I am capable of. I know that it is only because of God’s intervention in my life that I am able to yield to him and slowly learn to trust.

This trust is something I want to know deep down in my soul…not just in my head. I want to trust him with everything, not just the things that are easy or convenient. Thankfully, God is very patient with me and knows that I want to trust completely in him.

Where are you in your journey of trusting God? Are you like me, taking things into your own hands when you think he won’t come through for you or you think he is not working fast enough? I invite you to assess your level of trust with God and consider, if, like me, you may want to be more aware of how much he loves you, how much he wants your deepest happiness and then allow him to have more and more of the control.

Grace and Peace,
Deb