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Sweating the Small Stuff - Blessed Is She

Sweating the Small Stuff

“Ask and you will receive, so that your joy will be complete.” // John 16:24 I wondered if it was worth it, if muttering the words would be a waste...
May 28, 2022
Rely on His Strength - Blessed Is She

Rely on His Strength

"Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you." // John 16:23 I heard the soft chiming of the alarm clock....
May 27, 2022
Holiness Begets Holiness - Blessed Is She

Holiness Begets Holiness

[Saint Paul] went to visit them and, because he practiced the same trade, stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. // Acts 18:3 Have you learned...
May 26, 2022
So that We Might Seek - Blessed Is She

So that We Might Seek

And he fixed the ordered seasons and the boundaries of their regions, so that people might seek God, even perhaps grope for him and find him, though indeed he is...
May 25, 2022
Cloaked with Heavy Tension - Blessed Is She

Cloaked with Heavy Tension

And when he comes he will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and condemnation. // John 16:8 The shouting increased, shattering the peace of the quiet evening....
May 24, 2022
Grace to Serve - Blessed Is She

Grace to Serve

After she and her household had been baptized, she offered us an invitation, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home,” and she...
May 23, 2022
Receiving God's Abundance - Blessed Is She

Receiving God's Abundance

I saw no temple in the city for its temple is the Lord God almighty and the Lamb. The city had no need of sun or moon to shine on...
May 22, 2022
Let Yourself Be Chosen - Blessed Is She

Let Yourself Be Chosen

He made us, his we are; his people, the flock he tends. // Psalm 100:3 My experience of college was miserable. I was away from home and desperately trying to...
May 21, 2022
What Have You Heard from the Father? - Blessed Is She

What Have You Heard from the Father?

"I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father." // John 15:15 Her back eased onto the couch as she pulled the...
May 20, 2022
Seek His Mercy - Blessed Is She

Seek His Mercy

“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.” // John 15:9 A rhythmic patter of rain hit the old, weathered roof of the...
May 19, 2022
Staying Connected to the Vine - Blessed Is She

Staying Connected to the Vine

"Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither." // John 15:6 I shuffled forward in the confessional line, head bowed, body stiff....
May 18, 2022
Press In - Blessed Is She

Press In

“I am going away and I will come back to you.” // John 14:28 Lord, where are You? I whispered desolately into the darkness. I knew objectively that the Lord...
May 17, 2022