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This experience has also got me thinking about how God cares for the lost.  In the book of Exodus, as the Israelites wandered through the desert, lost in the wilderness, God guided them each day through his presence.  It says, "And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light..." (Ex 13:21-22). In all their wanderings, and all their disobedience, God never left their side, demonstrating his

As I was hiking, I couldn’t help but think of how we were there a few weeks too early. Yes, we were getting part of the larch experience, but not the peak. There was still so much of the mountainside left to change. I also knew that I wouldn’t get to see the mountain in its prime. I knew that there was more than what I was experiencing now; that the best was still to come. And in that moment, God reminded me that life is full of “not yet” seasons-times when His plan is still

Baking has always been one of the ways I serve others and connect with God. But as I was trimming a cake the other day, setting aside scraps for my family, I realized how often we do the same thing in life — giving the best of ourselves away to work, ministry, or others, while offering only leftovers to those closest to us, to God, and even to ourselves. This devotional explores how faith, balance, and a little flour and sugar can remind us to give God our best — not our scra

On a recent hike on Mt Rainier, I was contemplating how seeing the mountain is a lot like sensing the presence of God. There are times when we acutely perceive his presence. We feel his love in a nearly tangible way. It is like he is all around us, in his glory, impossible to ignore.  We live differently in times like that.  Yet, there are other times when his presence is clouded. We forget his love for us.  In these times, the fact that we can’t see him makes us forget abo