One day a while back, Mike and I went out for breakfast. After I had enjoyed bacon, eggs and a waffle, we left the restaurant to run some errands. As we were getting into the turning lane to go to Dicks, my eyes landed on the sign that lists all the stores in that plaza. Among them was Noodles and … Read More
Ka-POW!
My “wow!” this morning. So I’ve been studying, meditating on and journaling on Philippians 1:20. “According to my eager expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.” The phrase “with all boldness, Christ … Read More
Just Sharing my Heart
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