"Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?" Matthew 6:27 I wonder what tone Jesus had when he said this. My guess, given the context it was a tone filled with compassion and maybe even sadness. A plea, "don't you understand I will take care of you?!?" But part of… Continue reading Worry Can’t Add Hours, But it Can Steal Them
Dear friend, I see you… the one who feels like your body is betraying you. You do all the right things to fuel, exercise, rest, and care for the body God’s given you and yet you still don’t know what it might do, or not do, each day. You’ve visited the doctors. You’ve prayed the… Continue reading To the one who feels like their body is betraying them
Dear friend, I see you. The one who is weary. The one isn’t sure how to know how to keep showing up in what feels like an impossible situation. I look at your face down the hall, through the FaceTime screen, across the hospital waiting room, and I see it in your eyes. You just… Continue reading To the one who is weary
Dear friend, I see you… the one wondering if healing will come. You’ve prayed. You’ve hoped. You’ve done everything that is within your control and yet, there is much that is outside your control too.
I love my life. It's true. I love the way I get to use the gifts and experiences and skills God gave me in my work each day. I love all the little kids in my life including two nieces and six other godchildren along with their siblings, cousins, and friends' kids who bring me… Continue reading Contentment and Longing
“… Joy fills hearts that are planning peace.”Proverbs 12:20b What might it look like to plan for peace this week?Peace in relationships?Peace at work?Peace in your mind or heart or soul?Peace in your home? Is it something practical like planning ahead for dinner on a busy night to decrease stress or anxiety when that busy… Continue reading Planning Peace
“And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? Psalm 39:7a “Where do we go from here?”This concept is not foreign to any of us living through 2020. As plans change by the hour and uncertainty feels like the only certainty, our hearts are left wondering “what now?” Yet, when all our hopes and expectations… Continue reading Certain Uncertainties
“deute" This was the call I heard as I laid awake at 3:45 am one Friday morning at some point in the early days of the pandemic. No, I don’t know Greek, but I stumbled upon this word that is often translated as "come" or "come now" as I was poking around in Matthew 11.… Continue reading “deute!”
Angels are one of those topics that people seem to either be really fascinated by or generally stay away from. These warrior messengers of God may be hard for us to wrap our human minds around, but their presence throughout Scripture is undeniable. Around Christmas this year a teammate and I ended up in a… Continue reading Angels, Stand Down
One of my favorite passages to come back to in busy seasons is Matthew 6:25-34. The whole section is about how we don’t need to worry and be anxious in life because God knows our needs and cares for us. It ends with this verse: “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will… Continue reading Enough Trouble for Today
bekahfreed.com 