Messy Worship Blog
Homesick
My heart pounds as I think of this. It leaps within me. Job 37:1 NLT ___ Today, very early this morning, we had a death in our family. In honor of his short time here on earth, and his first day in Heaven, today's Messy Worship is going to be MIA: MESSY in Action....
Job 2015
There are some characters in the Bible that I can identify with more than others. There are many I wish I was more like. There are also quite a few that I hope and pray I NEVER even faintly resemble. As I read the book of Job, I have struggled with where he falls...
Jump
"But who can teach a lesson to God, the supreme Judge?" Job 21:22 NLT ___ Trust is one of those things that I think I have nailed until something tough happens. If I were walking around my house with a parachute on my back, I'm sure I would not be worried sick...
Inner Space
Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, they will live no more than 120 years." Genesis 6:3 NLT ___ One of my favorite movies from my college years was Innerspace. I haven’t...
How Does That Make You Feel?
"My appetite disappears when I look at it; I gag at the thought of eating it!" Job 6:7 NLT ___ Confession time: I am a HUGE hypocrite about something. Whenever I have had a bad day, I ask my husband to just listen and withhold advice. However, when he has a bad...
A New Dream
If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. What's more, who can say but that you have been elevated to the palace for just such a time as this? Esther 4:14 NLT ___ A couple...
The Whole Story
When it was Esther's turn to go to the king, she accepted the advice of Hegai, the eunuch in charge of the harem. She asked for nothing except what he suggested, and she was admired by everyone who saw her. Esther 2:15 NLT ___ On an episode of a popular television...
Joy
And Nehmiah continued, "Go and celebrate with a feast of choice foods and sweet drinks, and share gifts of food with people who have nothing prepared. This is a sacred day before our Lord. Don't be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!"...
On My Weapon
The common laborers carried on their work with one hand supporting their load and one hand holding a weapon. Nehemiah 4:17b NLT ___ A couple years ago a dear friend of mine introduced me to a method of goal-setting that produces resiliency; it's called a Spiritual...
It’s An “Our We Us” Thing
I prayed, "O my God, I am utterly ashamed; I blush to lift my face to you. For our sins are piled higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached to the heavens. Ezra 9:6 NLT ___ One of my sons has a very loud conscience. It is rare that he can go much longer than...
