Emails to God
Each weekday I transpose and share the whispers and messages God places on my heart in the form of “Emails to God”.
Sunrise With The Son
Dear Lord; Happy Wednesday Father! “Sometimes I arrive just when God’s ready to have someone click the shutter.” – Ansel Adams As You know Father, over the past several months I’ve been spending a good bit of my leisure time working on improving my photography skills. As part of that effort, the last couple Saturdays I’ve awoken in the pre-dawn hours and headed out to a local shoreline on the Delaware Bay in an attempt to capture the inherent beauty that those moments of sunrise bring. And while the initial intent of those...
read moreThankful Thursday: My Tallest Mountain
Dear Lord; Happy Thankful Thursday Father! I was fried Lord… Tired, Stressed, And consumed with worry. As I followed the familiar route into my office earlier this week, my chest tightened while my mind raced; methodically detailing each project and deadline that loomed ahead of me, and allowing those shadowy voices of foreboding to gain audience in my heart. “It’s not the mountains that you face that are the obstacles Phil, it’s your doubts.” You interrupted… The world paused for a second; my thoughts held hostage by Your...
read moreThankful Thursday: Missing the Point
Dear Lord; Happy Thankful Thursday Father! I fear Lord, that we miss the point far too often… Jesus taught us to reach out to all those in need… Yet, we find ways to justify being selective with our service to others. You make it very clear through Scripture that Your primary desire for our lives is to love… But more often than not we cling to judgment in its stead. As the body of Christ, the church’s mission is to act as the hands and feet of Jesus and aid one another on our walk to You … However far too regularly that directive is...
read moreThankful Thursday: Why Do You Love Me?
Dear Lord; Happy Thankful Thursday Father! I find myself asking sometimes Lord… Why do You love me? I read Your Word and pray for insight… But I know I often miss Your intent. I strive to love and serve those around me… But my selfish flesh still dictates my actions far too much. I teach people about Your message of forgiveness and mercy… And yet my heart doesn’t always let go of pain and hurt against those who’ve wronged me. I know and believe Your promise to always meet my needs… But I often allow fear and worry to overwhelm...
read moreThankful Thursday: Out of Sync
Dear Lord; Happy Thankful Thursday Father! I think Lord, that what I struggle with the most on my walk with You is our conflicting schedules… I want things to happen on “Phil time”, however quite often Your timing is a good bit different than mine. And yet, as I was pondering it this morning on my drive into the office, I realized something I hadn’t before… We create our schedules around what’s most important to us; base them on our priorities… If our “schedules” are out of sync… Then maybe I’m not fully recognizing...
read moreA Return to Thankful Thursday
Dear Lord; Happy Thankful Thursday Father! For the last month or so Father, I’ve been having “rumblings” in my heart telling me that I’m not seeing You as completely as I should; that although in my joy-filled moments I sing to You in praise and in my times of trial I cry out to You for help, during those “in-between” periods I fail to recognize Your loving hand in my life more often than not… My eyes see the world, but stare blindly past the “burning bushes” all around me. And as I contemplated this the other night Lord, and...
read moreI Choose…
Dear Lord; Happy Saturday Father! Today Father, I choose. I choose to embrace the day that You have given me; To rebuke those voices that try to steal my peace, And remind them that I’m Your Beloved Child. To view the world through eyes of faith, Eagerly seeking Your hand in everything around me. To love with abandon, And to allow myself to accept the love of others. To revel in the beauty of this world You’ve made, And to bring that sense of wonder to everything I do. To be grateful for all You’ve blessed me with, And to share those...
read moreMy Silent Battleground
Dear Lord; Happy Wednesday Father! Monday morning Father, I woke up to someone standing on my chest… Or at least it felt that way. No sleepy eyes calmly tip-toeing into the morning’s experience for me, but instead my heart raced; keeping time with my mind as it rushed frantically into the new week’s trials, struggles and fears… The unknown had me firmly in it’s grip. I tried to focus; to redirect my hectic mind and find Your peace, but those demons had caught me unaware as I slept and now were firmly entrenched within me… So I went...
read moreI’m Bigger…
Dear Lord; Happy Monday Father! Well Father, I once again find myself gazing over the precipice of another work-week. I really do enjoy my job Lord and I truly am grateful for having the opportunity to practice in a profession that brings me such satisfaction. However, more than once over the last few weeks I’ve allowed daily stresses and anxieties to creep into my heart and wrap me in their embrace of fear. They lie in the silence Father, longing for those moments where my thoughts stray from Your presence, and then attack without...
read moreOur Ultimate “Fixer”
Dear Lord; Happy Tuesday Father! You know Father, all my life I’ve seen myself as a problem-solver; a “fixer” of things if You will. Cars, electronics, furniture… You name it, I’ve repaired it. In fact, over the years I’ve taken great pride in being seen by others as someone who can deal with anything that’s thrown at them. There’s only one real problem with projecting that image though… It’s an illusion. In the end Lord, I’m at least as broken as those items I repair and yet… I can’t fix myself. Those I love...
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Hi, I’m Phil Malmstrom, a.k.a. Phather Phil. I’m self-employed, father of two wonderful young men, an ordained minister who delights in spreading Jesus’ Message of Hope and Love, a science-fiction junkie, an aspiring photographer and above all that one of God’s Children who rejoices in His Blessings each day. 
