Living Untethered: Relinquishing Control to God

The leaves are changing colour and dropping off the trees and shrubs. If you look closely at the base of each leaf you will find a new bud forming. These new buds are the reason the leaves are changing colour. As these new buds grow, they choke off the flow of nutrients to the leaves causing the leaves to die in a blaze of glory and fall from the trees to lie lifeless under the soon coming snow. The buds that will open after winter, may cause death now but they also bring a glimpse of hope of the new life to come. I always go through a time of grief when the days get shorter, the air loses its warmth and the leaves start to change colour. Summer is my favourite season. Sun. Warm. Life. Blossoms. But we are promised in God’s Word that we will always have the changing of seasons. We cannot remain in our favourite season forever. Life is no different, is it? Seasons. Wonderful, glorious seasons of joy and peace. The harsh not-so-fun seasons that take us out at the knees. Seasons of te

Its been an incredible journey of miraculous provision for my husband and me. For those of you who have been reading my blog, you know about it. This past month has been all about transitioning from the condo we had been renting to our own home across town. It feels surreal to be living in a home that I own. This place is a gift from God. Because he knows us better than we know ourselves, we asked him to give us what he thought we needed to have a place where we could rest and replenish and find shalom. God surpassed our imaginations. We have a lovely corner in the yard that is like a secluded camping spot, complete with fire pit. We have a sunroom on the east and south side of the house where the sun pours in and I can bask in its warmth. We have not one but two fireplaces, one gas burning and one wood burning. We have an ensuite. We have room for our kids and grandkids to come home. We have all we need and more.  The other day a sweet woman from our church was asking about our hous

  “ When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. ”                                                             ( Romans 5:6 , NLT) “ He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message God gave to the world at just the right time . ” ( 1 Timothy 2:6 , NLT) “ And now at just the right time he has revealed this message, which we announce to everyone. It is by the command of God our Savior that I have been entrusted with this work for him. ” ( Titus 1:3 , NLT) I like the way it is written in The Message: “ Christ arrives right on time to make this happen. He didn’t, and doesn’t, wait for us to get ready. He presented himself for this sacrificial death when we were far too weak and rebellious to do anything to get ourselves ready. And even if we hadn’t been so weak, we wouldn’t have known what to do anyway. ” ( Romans 5:6 , The Message) Reading through the entire Bible it seems as though there were many times tha