“My salvation and my honor depend on God…” ~~Psalm 62:7 ~~ So this morning I was doing Day 2 on the Trusting God topical study. I was to read Psalm 62. As I did, all I can say is that it was a big “OUCH!!!” for this people-pleaser? (Thank you Abba because I know the “ouch” was a growing pain). … Read More
Ever Get Puzzled?
“And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain, giving no reason for taking offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited, but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in difficulties,” (2 Corinthians 6:1, 3-4) When I first read … Read More
Words Matter
I really enjoy looking back through my journals to see what God had to say to me at different times in my life. Looking back gives me a good measure of how (or “if”), I am maturing in my Christian walk. I came across this journal entry this morning, and sheesh, it was as convicting today as it was the … Read More
A Life Lesson
I was reading Luke 12:22-34 this morning, and I came away with some bullet points. Don’t worry about temporal things. Be giving; it fills your eternal money belt. The location of your treasure tattles on your heart. God has a way of using multiple sources to teach us lessons we need to learn. One such source was a devotional I … Read More
How’s Your Reputation?
Have you ever read a portion of Scripture that really made you pause and look within yourself to examine your life? Well, that happened to me as I read 1 Thessalonians 1 today. I was struck by the reputation of the people of the city of Thessalonica as described by Paul. Their work was produced by faith. Their labor was … Read More
Wants…Needs…and a big fat OUCH!
So, I was driving along in the car yesterday, listening to K-Love. As is usually the case, my mind wasn’t following any particular train of thought…well, honestly, my mind was all over the place…LOL. Sometimes my thoughts move from topic to topic so fast I find it hard to keep up! LOL Anyway, as I was “kinda” listening to the … Read More
But what about my schedule?!
I’m sure you have had times in life where your schedule gets so full, you don’t know how you’re gonna get everything done. Looking back, I remember a time when, over a short period of time, what started out as just a few manageable things on a list grew into a crazy, busy schedule that lasted for weeks. That probably … Read More
Walk Humbly
So I was reading in Micah this morning and came across a familiar verse. “He has told you, mortal one, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.” ~~Micah 6:8~~ While I spent time doing a word-study, I won’t bore you with … Read More
When Gratitude is Hard to Come By
“Soon the people began to complain about their hardship…” ~~Numbers 11:1a~~ The people began to complain about their hardship. Hardship??…really??? They’d been freed from captivity…CAPTIVITY!! They had been liberated from cruel SLAVERY. Captivity and slavery…now THAT’S hardship! Craving what you don’t have (fish, cucumbers, melons, leeks and garlic) and being bored with what you do have (manna) is NOT hardship…that’s … Read More
This Morning’s Musings
“Lord, You are my God. I will exalt You and praise Your name, for in perfect faithfulness You have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.” (Isaiah 25:1) “Lord, You are MY God…” Notice how personal. You are MY God. You have Him and He has you!! How cool is that??!!! “Lord, You are my God. I WILL…” I “will”. … Read More