So I just have to share my heart with you. I just got off the phone with my hubby. He had called to ask me to pray that he would be able to quit “conniving” to work out a situation he was facing. We talked a bit and the call ended. I stopped to lift him up and prayer, and … Read More
When It Snows in April
Every now and then I enjoy looking back through my old journal entries to see what God was teaching me back then and if I am still living out what He taught me. Today was such an occasion. Here is a journal entry from April 15, 2014. “So, I was thinking just now as I looked out the window and … Read More
Do You See Him?
“From the God of your father who helps you, And by the Almighty who blesses you [with] blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.” ~~Genesis 49:25~~ “Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly … Read More
Giving from Your Need
25 I have been young and now I am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken Or his descendants begging bread. 26 All day long he is gracious and lends, And his descendants are a blessing. — Psalm 37:25-26 — In the early days of my marriage, my husband was working in the field as an ironworker. It … Read More
A Snowy Walk to the Shop
I was standing this morning watching Mike walk out to the shop to get his truck. It was cold and windy, and the driveway was snow-covered. Before he headed out, I had suggested that he take the car that was parked in the house garage because it would be warm, and it would eliminate the trek all the way out … Read More
Bitter or Better?
Today as I was reading Psalm 106, God shined a light on verse 7. “Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; they did not remember Your abundant kindnesses; But rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.” It was sobering to me to see what God deemed “rebellion”. Check this out. The people didn’t “UNDERSTAND” God’s wonders. The … Read More
When Things Get Personal…
So I was reading John 8, and as I came to verse 14, God got my attention as a phrase just popped off the page to me! Check it out… Jesus answered “…my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going.” ~~John 8:14a~~ “I know where I came from and where I am going.” … Read More
You Got a New Outfit!
Something I read in David Platt’s book Follow Me set my mind to thinking. His statement was: “The fruit of following Jesus is a new heart with a new mind, new desires, a new will, a new way of relating to people around you, and a new purpose.” Well, I’ve been in the church long enough that I wasn’t surprised … Read More
When You Can’t Trust People Anymore…
I was somewhere between wow and ouch as I was reading the Word this morning. I was reading in Genesis 26 as the Spirit began to speak, loud and clear. Check this out. There was a famine in the land where Isaac and Rebekah were living. God told Isaac to stay put –not to go to Egypt– and He promised … Read More
A Pleasing Aroma
When I was a little girl, I remember every Sunday morning hearing my mom in the kitchen preparing a pot roast to go into the oven to slow cook while we were at church. I remember hearing the tap, tap, tap of her feet on the wooden basement steps as she carried up the potatoes and onions that would find … Read More