When the Extraordinary, becomes Ordinary

Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.

1 Peter 5:7 Berean Study Bible   Psalm 55:22 NASB

Because He cares for you.…

Familiarity breeds contempt. The extraordinary becoming ordinary. In the era of social media, the Truth of Scripture can be lost on us as we scroll past another artfully crafted meme with a feel-good phrase. Even when that phrase is God’s Word.

That nearly happened to me recently as I read my “verse for the day” pocket calendar and quickly recognized this often-quoted and meme enhanced Scripture. Mindlessly thinking, “Oh, I know that verse…” yawn… (I’m being totally authentic with you here.) But this time, as I read the verse, the Holy Spirit stopped me in my tracks as the words Because He cares for you leapt off the page and washed over my heart.  I read and reread those words… Holding them up to take in each facet of meaning.

He could have ended the prayer directive with, “because I said so.”  … He is God, afterall. But He didn’t.

It struck me so strongly and so emotionally. What a tender phrase added to the instruction of casting all our anxieties on Him.

On Him to carry.

On Him to handle.

On Him to work out the myriad of beyond-our-ability-details.

Yet He wasn’t just academically providing direction on what we ought to do with a religious, legalistic pattern to follow.  He wants us to know the why… Because He cares for us. Such love and tender compassion embodied in that phrase. The Amplified Bible reads, He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully].

Whatever burdens our heart, burdens His.

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Whatever burdens our heart, burdens His. He longs for us to bring our every need, our every concern, our every question, our every fear, our every what-if and even our every “why?” and cast them onto the One who cares for us.

Oh Father, It is face-to-the-floor astounding how You tenderly care for what concerns my heart. I lay my anxieties and burdens in Your strong hands and rest in Your sovereign care and control over all that grazes my life. In Jesus’ name, Amen

Written by Becky White for the Lord Jesus

Golden Thread

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Be still, and know that I am God.

Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.

Psalm 46:1 and 10a     Psalm 37:5 Berean Standard Bible

I hope it’s not hard to notice the golden thread, woven throughout my writing, speaking and teaching. A thread that the Lord continues to daily weave throughout my own heart. Offering me ongoing life lessons, and providing real-life opportunities to put the thread into practice. And to answer the question, “What happens when that thread gets pulled?”

This golden thread is summed up in one word. Trust. Specifically, trust in the Lord no matter our circumstance.

Recently, on my drive home from work, I thought deeply about a particular challenge in front of me. I talked it through with God, and though the challenge and pain remained, I recognized that I was at peace and confidently trusted Him with the outcome.  

I told the Lord I couldn’t remember “the moment” the eyes of my heart were opened and began trusting Him, no matter the outcome. Not for my salvation, but for living this life. A life that often encounters circumstances that scream the opposite of what I “expect” from the good God He is. He reminded me that genuine trust in Him is something learned one hour at a time, one day at a time, one trial at a time. A life-long process of living and walking with Him, and learning by experience that He is good and He is faithful, regardless of what comes into our lives or our world. A lesson that cannot be learned through a theology course, Ted Talk or TikTok video. This is a lesson that requires constant refresher courses.

Part of this golden thread is our life lens. Do we view God through the lens of our fluctuating circumstances, or do we view fluctuating circumstances through the lens of our good and faithful God?

In the beginning of my walk with the Lord (over forty years ago), if I lost a job or the car broke down or my then-spouse was unfaithful or tragedy took the life of my child (all have grazed my life) … I thought that I must have done something wrong or that God was too busy to notice my hurt or that maybe He didn’t care about someone like me or was angry at me … My view of God was determined by the trials or blessings of my life. This thinking also meant that when I earned a raise or the kids were healthy or my ladies Bible study was humming along, God must be Oh so pleased with me. Again, my view of God was wrongly determined by my circumstances.

Just like an optometrist, who flips to one lens after another and asks, “is this better or worse? One or two?” At some point along the way of life, God enabled me to switch lenses from my circumstances to Him. Enabling me to see all that I walked through (blessings and challenges) through the lens of His goodness, His faithfulness and His great love for me. A love that compelled Him to send the Lord Jesus to die in my place.  (Face to the floor astounding!) As seen through the lens of our good and faithful God, the inevitable trials of real life have served to draw me closer to Him. To talk with Him, to read His Word, to wrestle out the pain, and view it all with the golden thread of trusting Him no matter the outcome. A steady trust that may at times, still bend low with heartache, but refusing to view God through the lens of that heartache.

There is nothing–no circumstance, no trouble, no testing–that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ right through to me. If it has come that far, it has come with a great purpose. –

Alan Redpath

How about you? Do you view God through the trials of your life, so when the inevitable difficulties come crashing through, your picture of God crashes with it? (No condemnation here, I did that for years, and sometimes still fall into that trap). If so, would you ask Him to help you switch lenses and to view your life through lens of the goodness of God? He will not fail you. May the golden thread of trust be woven throughout your life.

Father God, I am in awe of Your goodness and utter trustworthiness. And did I mention, Your patience? Please enable me to see all that touches my life through the lens of Who You are – The Faithful One. Not my fluctuating circumstances.  In Jesus, mighty name, Amen.

Written by Becky White for the Lord Jesus.

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Audio only – Me, Myself and I?

An audio only, short montage of thoughts on Genesis 40:6-7

And Joseph came in to them in the morning and looked at them, and saw that they were sad.  So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in the custody of his lord’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”

Though it’s totally unscripted and not at all polished, I pray you hear real life thoughts on God’s Word and how to authentically apply it to our lives.

In His service, Becky White

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Business Card Identity

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV

So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free. John 8:36 NLT

It’s only the Truth you know, that sets you free. – Steve Campbell

I have a business card, though it’s probably unlike most you’ve come across. It doesn’t list my professional position or a bite-size version of my accomplishments, instead it reads, “He has taken my mess and turned it into ministry.” That pretty much sums up my life! The backside contains the Scripture: “Encourage the exhausted, strengthen the feeble, say to those with an anxious heart, take courage, fear not.” My business card authentically reflects what I intend to do in every circumstance I find myself, it also clarifies who I am. A servant of God, redeemed by His grace, and one who longs to honor Him.

I also have other “business cards” that attempt to define me. These don’t come from the printer, they come from our adversary, the devil, who prowls about like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour. Devour with his well-timed lies and masterful deception. Maybe you have some too?

Victim. Ugly. Stupid. Hot mess. Unloved. Rejected. Loser. Unwanted. Mistake. Never good enough. Failure. Too far gone. Shall I keep going? I have to actively resist the tug to carry those cards around with me, pulling them out of my pocket as needed. Reading and rereading the lies or telling the lies to others, as I offer them my “card.”

What/Who defines you? Ponder it deeply for a moment, don’t rush this part. Have you allowed an outward physical trait or an inward sin or a temptation struggle to define you? Has past pain or trauma had the final say in who you are? Has the “success” or “failure” of your children, career, marriage, ministry or bank account been allowed to define you? For good or for bad, we can accidently allow something other than the Truth found in God’s Word (the Bible) to define us.

C.S. Lewis famously said that the most important question we can ask ourselves is, “Who am I?” to which he responded, “A servant of God.” At base, I am a servant of God. And if you’ve surrendered your life to Jesus Christ, that’s who you are as well. We may be other things in addition, but that is the defining factor of who we are. Let’s pull that card out. In all we allow our mind to dwell, in all we step out to do – we are servants of God and He alone defines us.

Father God, please help us walk in the Truth of who we are according to Your Word, as we actively resist the lies of the enemy that attempt to shape our identity. I am who You say I am. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Written by Becky White for the Lord Jesus

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Try inserting your name as you speak this scripture out loud:

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed (name) in Christ with every spiritual blessings in the heavenly places, even as He chose (name) in Him before the foundation of the world, that (name) should be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined (name) for adoption through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of His will, to the praise of His glorious grace, with which He has blessed (name) in the Beloved. In Him (name) has redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, which He lavished upon (name) . . . In Him (name) has obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will . . . In Him (name) also, when (name) heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of (name) inheritance until (name) acquires possession of it (Eph. 1:3-14).

My 1st Podcast Interview

Hello Friends, I thought it would be good to share this again. Praying it encourages you!

Below is a link to my (very apparent) first ever, podcast interview. As hard as it is watch one’s self, I did so. Now I can warn you that at the start, I squirm way too much and accidently refer to Betsy Ten Boom as Elizabeth. Yeesh… But in the end, I believe, and pray, it will be used by the Lord to encourage others to trust Him with the hard things of life and bring glory to the name of Jesus. That is always my goal. Thank you, Debbie Marks, for your interview invitation!

For His glory,

Becky White

Audio Only – This I know

An audio only, short montage of thoughts on Psalm 56:9

Though it’s totally unscripted and not at all polished, I pray you hear real life thoughts on God’s Word and how to authentically apply it to our lives.

In His service, Becky White

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Deliverance Through the Storm

When you go through deep waters, I will be with you.
When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown.
When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.  ISAIAH 43:2 NLT

Yea, though I walk through the valley…   PSALM 23:4

Sometimes God delivers us “out of” our trials, as in the Old Testament account of Lot (See Genesis 19). God removed Lot out of the city entirely, so that He could carry out Divine judgment. Total change in circumstances. Picked up by the scruff of the neck and removed. That’s my kind of deliverance!

Other times, maybe even most times, God delivers us in our trials, rather than out of. Think Noah and a big boat (See Genesis 6-9). Noah went through the flood, through the 40 days and 40 nights and maybe some what-if filled nights. He endured the torrential downpour along with the eerie blackness of an “instant” ocean with zero land, for even the possibility of a safe-spot. Yet, God brought Noah safely through the flood.

Is the LORD delivering you right there in the midst of a “storm” rather than removing you from it? Has He provided His supernatural strength and grace to cope with an impossible or hopeless appearing circumstance, rather than altering your circumstance? Is He offering you His peace and divine protection, enabling you to walk through the fire rather than quenching the fire?

I know it’s hard. I believe the Greek word I’m looking for is “stinketh.” It just really stinks to walk through storms. But it’s also an opportunity.

An opportunity to learn first-hand, the reality of God’s faithfulness and His ability to provide all we need, in every circumstance. Not to necessarily remove our difficulties, but to walk us through them. Though we may have read of His power and faithfulness in the pages of Scripture, or heard about it in a sermon podcast, now we know it by experience. Priceless treasure that cannot be taken from us.

Allow me to encourage you … in the midst of your questions, and your storm … trust Him. Hold on to what you know to be true of Him. He will not fail you or forsake you. He will make a roadway in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. His deliverance may very well be through your storm rather than out of it.

There is no circumstance, no trouble, no testing, that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ, right through to me. If it has come that far, it has come with a great purpose.  

Alan Redpath

Father God,   Open our eyes to Your deliverance. We know You are faithful, regardless of what we see with our eyes or feel with fickle emotions. No storm is more than we can bear, through Your grace, strength and power. Your grace is sufficient, your strength is perfect. In Jesus’ mighty name, Amen

Written by Becky White for the Lord Jesus

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“Where is this God of Yours?”

Day and night I have only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, “Where is this God of yours?”

Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! … Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember you—

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God.

Psalm 42:3, 5a,c NLT   Psalm 42:11 ESV

Recently, while at a funeral – My eyes scanned the small, crowded room, filled with photos and flowers and chatter. And crying. The tears were mingled whispers of “Why?” and “Before his time.” We took our seats and prepared to listen with the soberness required in such settings, my heart breaking for the hurting family around me.  

Real pain. Real tragedy.

Depression and pain and sadness are all around us. Added to this layer of heart ache, the enemy often whispers in our ear, “Where is this God of yours?” Just as in Psalm 42, listed above. The trial in front of you may not be literal death, maybe it’s the death of a relationship or the death of a longed-for outcome or death of your health or the devastating death of hope itself. Sinking you to the depths of despair. The enemy hopes to push us to despair, and in the end, hopelessness. 

Though you’d hate for others to know, do you relate to the Psalmist when he says, “My tears have been my food day and night”? Is the emotional ache buried deep, rearing its head only when life gets still, so you try to stay busy or distracted? Have the enemy’s taunts of, “Where is this God of yours?” invaded your thoughts?

I’ve been there. If we’re honest, most of us have a time or two. And just like the Psalmist, I talk to myself (Hey, no laughing!); I speak the truth to myself. I ask myself questions. I encourage myself with His Word. And in the end, I remind myself to hope in God. Not in hoped-for outcomes or good health or pleasant circumstances (as if those can be relied upon!). Hope. In. God. Read aloud His word, and talk to yourself. Why not start with all of Psalm 42? It’s not that long. Take in each word. In the end, you will find He is faithful, not to always remove our difficulties, but to walk us through them.   

Where’s God? Beside me. In front of me. Behind me. Inside me. He has laid His hand upon me. I am never alone. And neither are you. (See Psalm 139 and John 14).

In the end, you will find He is faithful, not to always remove our difficulties, but to walk us through them.   

One last take-away. Look around. Ask questions. Listen to the pain stories of those around you. And take the risk of being real about your own struggles. Let’s direct each other to the only real hope there is – Jesus Christ Himself.

Father God, I ask that You would push away hopelessness and despair, replacing it with the Truth that You promised never to leave or forsake us. We are never alone. Never without hope. You are at work, no matter what our eyes see. We love You, in Jesus’ mighty name, Amen.

Written by Becky White for the Lord Jesus

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Who Art in Heaven

I began this devo a couple weeks ago, not knowing that I would hear news from family/friends that would cause its truth to be kneaded deeper into my soul. – Becky

“Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. NASB 1977 Matthew 6:9

For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. Job 28:24 BSB

The LORD has established His throne in the heavens, And His sovereignty rules over all [the universe]. Psalm 103:19 AMP

Like many of you, I have much on the plate of my life. And if I’m honest, that plate can sometimes feel like an over-sized Thanksgiving helping.  Recently, when that helping of life seemed to over-flow, I cried out to the Lord.  Not really sure how or what to pray, from memory, I began speaking out-loud the familiar words … “Our Father, Who art in heaven.”

Hearing my own voice say the words, “Who art in heaven” stopped me in my praying tracks.  Immediately I felt such awe for my Father God, and who He is. The One I’m speaking to, sits enthroned above the heavens.

His vantage point is heaven. Astounding. Talk about a Google earth perspective! He sees every detail. He sees around the corner of my tomorrows and my what-if questions. He sees it all at one time. From heaven itself. There is never a scenario that catches Him off guard. I get ruffled when I’m unsure if heavy traffic will make me late for work or about what’s happening in the lives of our grown kids and grandkids.

His sovereignty rules over all. He sits as King , and the only Sovereign of the universe. Whew. Such comfort. Such relief. Knowing that the enemy of cancer or emotional pain or disappointment or despair or divorce … None of these can sneak into my life apart from His permission, plan and purposes (think Job). Though all is not good in and of itself, all will be used for my good and His glory.

As I continued talking to the Lord that morning, my circumstances didn’t miraculously change, but being reminded of His vantage point, and yes, His authority over all that touches my life, drenched me in His peace. A peace separate from circumstances and tied only to the Presence of the One Who is enthroned above the heavens.

Whatever is attempting to steal your peace or has already done so, lay it down and look up to your Father God. Speak out the words, “My Father, Who art in heaven…” And be reminded this day of His Sovereign control over your life. He will not fail you.

Father God, I acknowledge You as Lord and Ruler over my life. My circumstances haven’t knocked You off Your heavenly throne.  Please enable me to focus on who You are, not the challenges surrounding me. I put them all in Your hands and rest, knowing that You are good and You are faithful. Please do whatever will bring You the most glory. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Written by Becky White for the Lord Jesus

*The Lord’s Prayer, as it commonly known, is an answer to the question, “Lord, teach us to pray,” posed to Jesus by His disciples.

Wounds that Heal


Can he have followed far who has no wound nor scar? – Amy Carmichael

…to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor. – Isaiah 61:3

…In my distress I cried out to the LORD; yes, I prayed to my God for help. He heard me from his sanctuary; my cry to him reached his ears. – Psalm 18:6 NLT

You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy. Psalm 30:11 NLT

All of us have scars or wounds of some kind. Some visible to the outside world and some not. It’s part of being human. The real question is, what do we do with those wounds? Or rather, what do we allow them to do to us? And will we let them go to waste?

As of this writing, nearly 46 years ago, (May 14th 1980) at about 6:20 am … My three- day-old baby girl died, exhaling her last, precious breath.

Tracing the memory back in my mind’s eye, I can still smell the fragrance of her newborn baby skin and the softness of her delicate hands and fingertips as they curled around my finger. The tragedy and guttural pain of that day is seared in my mind and memory – leaving a scar as real as any branding iron. Her short life ended in part due to my drug use and poor nutrition – and being barely 15 years old, I gave little thought to the life growing inside me. The pain of her death was made even worse because of the guilt I felt in her passing. I vividly recall holding her now lifeless body and whimpering through tears, “Look what I’ve done…” There are no words to describe the anguish a parent feels when a child dies, which is magnified beyond measure when our actions were part of that outcome.

I share that very personal and deeply painful memory because through her death, I cried out to God in desperation. And He heard my cry .

He hears your cries as well.

Desperation is a gift that comes wrapped in pain.


The nurses were so kind to allow me time alone in a room with a rocking chair, and my precious little one, who I named Tiffany Anne. In that room, I held her, rocked her and cried. Buckets of tears. Finally, I told God, “If You’re really there, and I’m not so sure You are … but if You are… would You help me? Wherever she is, I want to be someday and I don’t know how to get there ...”

46 years ago, I surrendered my life to Jesus Christ. I had no idea what I was doing, but our God is true to His Word, He promises that if we seek Him with our whole heart, we will find Him. I found Jesus Christ alone in a hospital room at Children’s hospital, as I cradled my little one.


While there were no magic wands to wave away the series of bad choices I had already made, or would continue to struggle with for years to come – He has faithfully walked with me through it all. Walking out in real life the Truth that He does indeed “Cause all things to work together for our good and His glory.” Romans 8:28. And as C.S. Lewis so accurately put it, “God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.”


As you and I struggle through our own wounds-that-heal scenarios – I’m reminding you as I remind myself – He is no less faithful today as He was 45 years ago… Not to necessarily remove our trials but to walk us through them. And wonder of wonders, if placed in His hands, bring good from them along the way. To bring beauty from the ashes.

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

Genesis 50:20 NIV


My Father, Your ability to turn ashes into beauty is beyond words. You enable Your children to walk through the fire of trials and emerge without even a hint of smoke. Astounding. I worship You in the beauty of Your holiness. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Written by Becky White for the Lord Jesus.

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