Weekly Devotions

This is part of our weekly devotional series. To check out past devotions, click here. Whenever I sit down to think about what the Lord has been teaching me this week, there is one theme that keeps popping up in my heart: stillness. Specifically, finding stillness in Jesus.The truth is that in my humanity, my heart is often prone to restlessness. It's prone to wander. I ofter want to go go go because I somewhere have an ingrained belief that if I do more, I can control my circumstances with[...]

So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are the God of seeing," for she said, "Truly here I have seen him who looks after me." Genesis 16:13, ESV As I write this, I'm sitting in my hospital bed all hooked up to multiple wires and machines...again. More testing. My head has over 20 electrodes glued to it and it is completely wrapped up in gauze. All the wires are housed in a little blue bag I have to carry with me whereever I go, but there isn't a lot of leaving the bed righ[...]

"And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:7, ESV This week, I was studying through Philippians 4 in a Bible study I am a part of. Philippians...the book of Joy. The only problem is, whenever we are in the thick of our struggle, embracing the book of Joy can be kinda challenging. Especially whenever we get to verse 4. 4"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known t[...]

Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. Psalm 33:20, ESV What happens when waiting on God hurts? What happens when the "in-between" moments of our lives feel like they are filled with more problems than promises? It took me a long time to see the "in-between" as a place marked by God's faithfulness. My heart has often wanted to protest the "in-between" and use it as evidence that God hadn't fulfilled His promises or done what I thought He would. "God, have you[...]