This was the year (again) that we were going to get Advent right. I was ready. Day one we all sat down and read the prescribed scripture reading and I read from our new Advent book that I was so excited to share with my family. All of a sudden one kid's head was laying … Continue reading To Everyone Else Who Is Already Behind in Advent. {It’s not just me, right??}
Where are you feeling empty? What have you tried to fill it with? How is that working? Jesus is the One that fills ALL THINGS in EVERY WAY. Nothing else will satisfy us. No one else will satisfy us. We will never find rest until we rest in Him. We will never be full until … Continue reading Yada Yada Yada
John 4:7-14 7There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. 9Therefore the Samaritan woman said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?” … Continue reading Just…A Moment At The Well With Jesus
"The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it." ~Galadriel from "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" The world is changing. Do you feel it? … Continue reading We Need Unchanging
This is it...the simple truth that I will lean on and rest in today... "...In Your presence is fullness of joy..." It's as simple and yet as complex as this... Jesus, fully God yet fully man, stepped onto earth and lived a sinless life. He walked the path to calvary and paid for my life and yours with His … Continue reading Simple Truth for Today: Unshakable Joy
This is not knowing ABOUT God. It's not knowing all of the Bible answers and Bible stories... This is contact~knowledge. Experiential~knowledge. Relational~knowledge.
Submerged in sin, chained within Burdens heavy, heart heavy Hands dirty, heart dirty Heartbroken. Avoiding stares, condemning glares Head low to hide the shame
Jesus. Just a moment with You. Just to sit with You, Jesus, just to set my heavy burdens and my chaos down at Your feet and look into Your eyes, to look Love in the eyes and know that Love sees it all...sees all of me...and meets me here, despite it all. Here... Where the Water … Continue reading Just…A Moment At The Well with Jesus.
"Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to ACCUSE him. The LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire? Now Joshua was … Continue reading Filthy Rags to Festal Robes
It's easy to talk about our faith when all's well. When it's all going great and we can smile about blessings and grace and forgiveness and Jesus... ...but when stuff hits the fan and life is a MESS...that's when the Gospel can shout the loudest through us. When we don't just talk about grace but we cling to it … Continue reading How the Gospel Blooms in Life’s Cracks
Nicole Dotson 