How does God get your attention? In a world where there are markets fully comprised of getting our attention. How does God break into the clamor to have a word? I’m a very visual person; my attention goes where my eyes go. So God often gets my attention through something I see, it’s like a… Continue reading “Look at the birds”???
Author: Leslie Shuler
Why Running Isn’t Always a Good Idea
I’ve always wanted to be a runner. When I drive by one of those women with the swishing ponytails, glistening skin, bulging calves, and adorable running outfits taking in the beautiful scenery while they breathlessly cover miles, I want to be them! I decide right there and then that the next day I will start… Continue reading Why Running Isn’t Always a Good Idea
Magic
What we think controls what we do, how we act, how we feel, and what we say. If we want to make a substantial change in our lives then it will have to start with how we think. Proverbs 23:7 says, “as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” My 7th grader was… Continue reading Magic
Make Space, Be Still Enough to Hear
“When we come to a resting place, take time to be refreshed in my presence. Enjoy the rhythm of life lived close to me.” Jesus Calling There is great temptation to overfill our holiday season with lots of shopping and activity, but in the rhythms of life God created, Christmas and the New Year are… Continue reading Make Space, Be Still Enough to Hear
A Most Generous Gift
It is the season of gift giving! We are thinking of those we love and what we can give to them. We are looking for gifts that will bless them and let them know how much we love and appreciate them. Our children are searching the toy catalogues and watching Saturday morning cartoons with careful… Continue reading A Most Generous Gift
Vindicated
When a large medical bill came that I didn’t expect to have to pay, I panicked, and when there was some tension that hits every spousal relationship at the same time, I read rejection into it, and when my washing machine spit rust all over my husband and I’s new clothes, I decided nothing was… Continue reading Vindicated
Let Peace Rule
Who’s in charge in that mind of yours? Who’s calling the shots and dictating your next move? Your to-do list? Other people’s expectations? Your idealism? Your schedule? Your finances? Your comparison to other people and what you feel like you need to do to keep up? These things are all vying to rule your mind.… Continue reading Let Peace Rule
“Perfect” Peace
God says He “will keep in perfect peace, he whose mind stays on Him because he trusts Him” (Is 26:3). I love that phrase, “perfect peace”! The thief of my “perfect peace” is perfectionism. My perfect ideals steal my perfect peace. I think that if I can attain all my ideals then peace will be… Continue reading “Perfect” Peace
Restoration
My favorite stories on film or in a book are those with a strong story of redemption or restoration, when it looks like all is lost and there is a huge turn around in the character or the plot. God is in the business of writing those redemptions and restorations in the lives of people… Continue reading Restoration
Lie Down
We are leaving for a trip next week, and for most of us leaving town means working extra hard the week before to make sure everything is done. It means doing loads of laundry so that you can actually pack, paying bills so nothing lapses while you are gone, covering your basis at work, cleaning… Continue reading Lie Down
“Be Still”
My girls love to go to the paint café and use their creative juices on a piece of pottery. We always go in the late summer when our summer reading earns us a free paint session. The last few years I’ve picked a square tile to use as a coaster by my bed that I… Continue reading “Be Still”