Lisa Livezey

How easy it can be to focus on the minor annoyances that invade our lives

My own heart at day's end was full to overflowing with an inner joy — a wonderful feeling that is hard to verbalize.

That path isn't an option and time is thrusting me forward into a new walk.

Could the aroma of one single flower really envelop an entire room?

No ear has ever heard, no eye ever seen, any God but You working such deeds for those who wait for him. — Isaiah 64:4 NAB Feeling left high and dry? Does it seem like everyone around you has already set sail while you're still on dry land? Can't see a way beyond your current spot? Or perhaps you've been praying about something for years and see no change. Stay resolute. Pray for wisdom and seek ways to do good things in your "stuck" place. Do justly, love mercy, walk humbly.

Do we make an effort to purposefully close out the day with our eyes on the Lord?

No individual brick commands attention, but instead is part of a way that is leading somewhere.

As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, we give a wave of gratitude both to our brave predecessors and current laborers

Kindle a flame of sacred love On the mean altar of my heart. — Charles Wesley, 1762

I choose to be content where He has placed me

Sometimes God provides a simple, effective solution to the stubborn stains in our lives.

[Elijah] said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” He went up and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” Then he said, “Go again seven times.” And the seventh time the youth reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” — I Kings 18:43-44 NAB The younger brother was sure that something good lay on the horizon. He spoke about it from the heart, wanting his loved ones to share in God's beauty. His sister caught a glimpse and then pointe

When we focus on the small gifts from the Lord, we forget our selfish demands.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? —Psalm 22:1 NRSV In the Garden of Gethsemene, Jesus went off alone so he could express His deepest feelings to His Father. Why did God not "take the cup" from Jesus? Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus with a kiss. Why did God let one of the Lord's followers turn on Him? In the high priest's courtyard, one of Jesus’ most ardent followers denied ever knowing Him — three t

Heatlhy companionship is medicinal.

Nicodemus was different from his colleagues.

He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it. —John 12:6 RSV This olive tree looks very convincing — the leaves are green and shaped appropriately and fruit is visible. But an attempt to crush the leaves, cut the wood, or press the olives would yield only man-made plastic. Jesus spoke about those who honored Him with their lips but their hearts were far from Hi

Call to me, and I will answer you; I will tell you great things beyond the reach of your knowledge . —Jeremiah 33:3 NAB These Northern Lights in Iceland are witnessed by earthly eyes and the stars alike. If these inconceivable beauties can be seen by all mortals, imagine what more God has for us who love Him. We cannot fathom it but we can believe through eyes of faith. Prayer Lord, you telleth the number of the stars, and calleth them all by their names (Ps. 147:4). You know

Whether we observe Lent or not, it's important to abstain from taking a lofty view

the water rising within me is the living water