Diligently Seeking Blog

To celebrate the start of summer, I recently got to spend some time on my parents’ small cattle farm in the countryside. It’s one of the most peaceful places on earth—exactly what a teacher who’s overstimulated from all the end-of-school chaos could hope for! Peace...

Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming. —1 John 2:28 This school year, my tenth, is almost over. (Hallelujah! I’m ready!) It’s genuinely been a wonderful year with a full...

For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself testifies with our...

I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth? He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. —Psalm 121:1-3 Yesterday, I discovered my new favorite way to read....

“Because I said so.”It’s the refrain of tired teachers and parents everywhere. Despite my best intentions, there have been a few times in my teaching career when I’ve used the phrase out of frustration. Yesterday morning in church, a similar idea kept popping into my...

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God, got up from supper, and laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself. Then He poured water into the basin, and began to...