I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to thank shereadstruth.com for inviting me to write for the Philippians reading plan today about the Lord’s gracious reminders that we can rejoice in the him always.

In my favorite TED talk, Sarah Kay, the spoken-word poet, said, “I write poems to figure things out.” And I realized that’s why I write too–to figure things out.

If I wrote about things I’d figured out, had down pat, I’d never write. It’s a privilege to work with editors who make me think and search God’s word to find truth, to figure out what he says about the many things I don’t have figured out.