Deep Communion With God

John Eldridge is right on with this devotional reading from Restoration Year. Your God is present among you, a strong Warrior there to save you. Happy to have you back, he’ll calm you with his love. ZEPHANIAH 3:17 THE MESSAGE There are no formulas with God. The...

The Real You (A new creation)

I wish I had heard this earlier in my life… From John Eldridge’s Wild at Heart… You are not your sin; sin is no longer the truest thing about the man who has come into union with Jesus. Your heart is good. “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in...

Stay Close (A + B = C)

This truth from John Eldridge’s Restoration Year is so helpful.  Connection with Jesus in a real and tangible way is the goal… Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.” EZEKIEL 34:11 NASB An intimate,...

Making Sense Of Your Story

I resonate so much with this reading from John Eldridge’s “Restoration Year”… By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command. HEBREWS 11:3 NLT Is there a reality that corresponds to the deepest desires of our heart? Who gets the last...

Famished for Validation

I have chased validation most of my life. It’s still an ongoing struggle.  In our groups we make a distinction between validation and affirmation. We say validation only comes from God and affirmation comes from men affirming what God has already validated.  This...

Vanity Fair (the slow fade to a numb heart)

This reading from John Eldridge’s Sacred Romance so captures what periods in my life have been like.  It’s a sober reminder not to go back there… “Don’t be afraid of embracing the disappointment you feel, old or new. Don’t be scared...