Faithpondering

Category: Inspiration

  • A Joyful Noise…or is it?

    As a musician, I often struggle with my feelings on church music.  On one hand, I know that worshipping the Lord in song and by playing instruments is pleasing to the Lord when the performer’s heart is in the right place.  By right place, I mean with intentions of pleasing the Lord with his/her gift and not…

  • Angry Birds, Goodbye!

    It’s a harsh reality when you realize that your life is filled with many addictions.  Major  and minor ones.   Technology may be a major one, but who would’ve thought that a silly little game could actually become an obsession or addiction. Yep, I realized that I wasn’t only addicted to surfing the net, but also…

  • Face Plant

    A few weeks ago on my way home from work, I couldn’t help but notice the most beautiful bright shining moon. I pulled into the driveway, shut the car door and decided to get the mail. My arms were full, but I thought I could handle a few more items. I proceeded to walk down…

  • Do you love yourself?

    Yesterday’s blog referenced one of the most popular passages on the topic of love,  I Corinthians 13.  Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy….I’ve always thought of this passage in one way: relationally.  Am I patient with my students?  Do I show kindness to my mother?  Am I envious of my neighbor who…

  • It’s the Little Things (that make an impact)

    Sometimes we don’t realize the lasting impact the little things of life will make.  This was driven home in a recent conversation with one of my kids. We were talking about love — what it is, what it isn’t, how you express it.  Not just romantic love, but exhibiting the characteristics of love in relationships,…

  • Contentment and the What ifs of Life

    Contentment. All of us want it, yet it seems like so many of us don’t have it. Why are we unable to accept and make the most of the circumstances we all find ourselves in? I know I so often get caught in the ‘What if’s’ and ‘If only’s’. ‘What if I would have decided…

  • Striving for Perfection

    I come from a long line of perfectionists.  I’m not going to list names because I don’t want to embarrass anyone, but you know who you are!  That personality disposition has manifested itself in my life and I’m seeing it now more than ever. It hurts to say it because the truth hurts sometimes, but…

  • What did I just say!

    Did you ever say something you wished you could take back?  You know, open mouth and insert foot.  In our families don’t we just sometimes say the meanest, most thoughtless things? I know I have and do at times.  One time I was so exasperated at the shenanigans of my daughters, that I blurted out ‘you…

  • Five Unusual Signs of Blessing

    ‘God bless you.’  I’ve said that to people, have you?  What do we mean when we say that?  I think I’ve meant – ‘may everything go your way’. But some of the ways Jesus described blessing in the Bible seem to be a little different.  In Matthew 5, in what is called the Beatitudes, Jesus…