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Turning Up The Light Blog
In my prayer time, I often ask God to change me, to give me a bigger heart, and a greater understanding of what He wants me to be. I wrote this poem as a little reminder to myself. Perhaps parts of it will resonate with you too. Give me a heart To kindly see The […]
Most of us chuckle when we hear a phrase like, “I may not always be right, but I am never wrong!” We smile because we know deep down that no matter what we tell ourselves, we cannot be defined by “always and never.” We are not always right, and we are often wrong. We may […]
“He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” Micah 4:2, NIV Sometimes I question what God might want from me at this point in my life. I wrestle with those thoughts and wonder if I’m way short of the mark, or the goals He wanted me to achieve. […]
The artist, known as Grandma Moses wanted to paint and nothing was going to stop her. She was 73. It turned out, she was an awesome folk artist and one of her paintings sold for a million and a half dollars in 2006. She didn’t let her age or circumstances or anything else get in […]
The past couple years have been amazing. Who would have thought we’d volunteer to miss work, miss school, and miss our families? Who could have predicted the obstacles we’d have to overcome? We may have even felt like we had to push a rock uphill with every morning sunrise. Though most of these sobering events […]
Recently, I was blessed to have another birthday. Since I was born on the fourth of July, I pretend some of those fireworks are just for me. As you look up at those spectacular displays of man’s ingenuity, you can’t help but see past all that and move right on to the stars. The fireworks […]
Have you noticed there are people who just don’t pay attention, I mean they can’t be keeping up with the news. They go around with a sunny smile on their faces, with happy thought to share, as though everything in the world is just peachy. Of course, you appreciate their optimism, even envy it a […]
Anger is one of those emotions we don’t readily bring up in polite conversation. After all, we’re nice people and we think there’s enough craziness in the world. If fact, we’d like to balance the scales, weighing in with compassion and kindness and those things that keep people calmly going about their business. Proverbs 29:11 […]
What time is it? Of course the answer to that question comes with over a hundred clichés, depending on the context. It could be time to get going, or maybe it’s time to give up. It might be the time of your life or simply bedtime. Time is only connected to our lives here […]
Your mind is a complex character. It can wander off on its own. It can fall down and skin its knees as it carries the weight of the world. It can imagine defeat or paranoia or corruption. It can walk back in time to keep you stuck in a moment. It has boundless energy, and […]
