Today the Spirit of Truth showed me something so simple, yet so profound. I’ve read Isaiah 61 many times. I’ve prayed it. I’ve quoted it. I’ve tried to put on the garment of praise. Yet there were seasons when joy seemed just out of reach. Today, the Holy Spirit put one word on it. Mourning. Jesus said the Spirit of Truth would guide us into all truth. Today, He did exactly that. In my season of heaviness, I wasn’t lacking praise. I was carrying mourning. Isaiah 61 suddenly c

I was writing a birthday message to my daughter when I typed these words: “The place you hold in my heart is unmatched.” Then I laughed. Not because it wasn’t true. Because it is. But it also made me realize something. When someone holds that much of your heart, they also have the ability to break it. That’s the risk of loving deeply. As parents, we know that feeling. Our children can bring us our greatest joy and our deepest sorrow. A phone call can make us celebrate, or it

NUMBERS 14 There is something in Numbers 14 that made me smile. Our prayer group leader has been encouraging us for weeks to pray according to God’s Word. Then I read Moses’ prayer. “And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken…” (Numbers 14:17, KJV) That made me smile. Moses prayed according to what God had already spoken. Then he prayed according to who God had revealed Himself to be. “The LORD is longsuffering, and of great merc