Author: Kerri Johnson

“You don’t want God, You want a fairy,” I suggested, while having lunch with a friend the other day.

She was complaining that she was “done with God.” She explained that she had been working on her issues for over six years now, and she wanted to know when it’s supposed to get easier.

I laughed. I know her well enough to know that if I laugh out loud, she won’t hit me. She noticed me laughing and was not impressed.

“What?” she said.

I went on to explain to her the visual the Lord had given me in regard to my walk with Him. Continue reading “You Don’t Want God, You Want a Fairy!”

Last week, I wrestled in my heart with God. There was something in my heart that I wasn’t proud of. I explained to Him that it’s ugly, it has a mind of its own, and brings Him no glory. I’ve walked with Him long enough to know that what starts in my heart will soon spill over into my deeds, words, and actions. (And that certainly isn’t pretty.) Most importantly, it was blocking me from being who He wants me to be. So, I asked Him to remove it. (Simple enough — I thought.) He refused. I argued (as usual). When I stopped arguing, I asked why He wouldn’t just pluck it from my heart. Then we could move on, and I could be closer to being who He wanted me to be. He laughed. (He does that a lot with me — it gets my attention). He continued speaking. Continue reading “I Wrestled with God …”

Don’t disparage the trials in life. They are, in fact, what God has allowed to bring us to death in ourselves and to resurrect in us who God has created us to be in the first place. Continue reading “Don’t Disparage the Trials in Life”