I'll be the first to admit it: This post is a little late. Likely you've already found a good devotional for 2021. But in case you're like me and have had a difficult time getting organized and geared up for the year ahead, I thought I'd offer a few suggestions for devotional materials (including some …
Author: Pam Gibbs
Spiritual director. My favorite quote: “I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a tea cup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.” --Brennan Manning
Do Not Fear…
Do not fear the future because I go ahead of you to make a way. Do not fear others' opinions because you are My beloved child of infinite worth. Do not fear pain and suffering for I specialize in mending broken hearts. Do not fear for those you love because I love them more than …
You! Yes, you! Speak up!
You, yes, you! The one cowering in the corner who won't make eye contact, beaten down by lies, hurts, mistakes. Lift up your head because I choose you. Stand up. Be seen. Stop hiding in shadows, in disbelief, in denial, in dismissal. Let your beauty come into the light. Your presence is essential. Your voice …
When Christmas Isn’t Holly or Jolly
This Christmas season hasn't felt holly or jolly. Please don't put me on the naughty list for my candor, but sadness and melancholy have dominated my days. I'm grieving the loss of my dad (and other family members). My soul aches for people I love who are walking through life-altering events--kids diagnosed with cancer; parents …
Why I Stop to Look Back –And Why You Need To
Every day, you rub shoulders with people whose lives are better because of your presence.
What to Do When You Doubt God
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw Him they worshiped him, but some doubted. –Matthew 28:16-17 (ESV) Do you ever doubt God? If so, you’re in good company. The disciples doubted, too. Even after Jesus rose from the dead. At the end of the …
3 Creative Ways to Connect with God
Do you feel frustrated because you feel disconnected from God, even though you pray or read your Bible. If so, you're not alone. If God is infinite (and He is), and if God is creative (and He is), then it seems to me that His creatures can connect with Him in an infinite number of …
What’s Your Definition of More?
The Bible says, "Now to him [God] who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine..." Until this year, I took the word more to mean "greater" or "bigger." After all, I have a great imagination and God said He could do more than all I can imagine. That must be some grandiose …
3 Things Keeping You Caged
Nobody likes to feel caged. Lack of freedom. Limited mobility. Inability to grow, soar, run, chase, frolic (okay, maybe not frolic) and flourish. Live the way God intend. Yet, a lot of us feel caged in. Stuck. In neutral. That begs the question: What's keeping you in the cage? What is preventing you from flourishing? …
Why Birds Sing at Night
I live in the boonies, so I hear a lot of noises in nature around me. Some are comforting. Others, not so much. I love hearing owls' hootenanny contests in the evening, but a rumbling in the bushes after dark sends me into panic. I don't know what critter is in my yard and I …
