I grew up sailing with my parents and grandparents on the Delaware Bay inside Breakwater Harbor. Wind is crucial and it’s scary when you’re far away from the shore with little or none to fill your sails and bring you back home. The christian life is similar, a journey that starts off in the shallows […]

Sometimes trusting God feels like willingly falling backwards. You take a deep breath, relinquish control under the gravity of the moment, and while you can’t SEE the outcome of the downward descent, you BELIEVE with childlike faith that the heavenly Father is right there to catch you. Not only that, but he catches every burden you tried to carry on our own and finally dropped out of your hands right before the collapse.

I wasn’t planning on blogging today. I actually haven’t written a devotional blog in quite some time. But I know that I’m supposed to relay some of the things the Lord has put on my heart just this morning. It’s only three hours since I woke up, but for whatever reason there is much to […]