Chasing Peace

Peace is one of those things that if you’re not used to it, it can drive you crazy when it’s actually present. We ask and pray for peace, and when it arrives, we freak out because we don’t really want it. We want control. We want to know what’s...

Casting Cares and Unloading Burdens

Today I had to take Jesus serious on His offer to give me rest by casting my cares on Him and taking His yoke upon myself. I seem to be in a phase of life where I’ve got a lot of things weighing down on me over the course of a week. You know the drill, probably:...

Opposite Happiness

We read the beattitudes today on the Daily /Audio Bible. How opposite these are from the world we live in, and the “blessed are those” that seem to be the natural way we find happiness.  From the readalong site for today:   3 “God blesses...