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Tried, Refined and Purified

Tried, Refined and Purified   For You, O God, have proved us; You have tried us as silver is tried, refined, and purified.”      Psalm 66:10 Amplified Bible     How is silver refined? How was it refined in Biblical times? A silver smith …

Accepting My Pesky Imperfections

I spoke. She took notes. Toward the end of our session, she asked, “What is the most important thing you said today?” I said many things in that hour-and-a-half. But to pick one and have to repeat it? I pondered her question aloud: “What is …

Ketchup and Mustard, Please

I stretched my hair net over my curls, washed my hands, and put on gloves. As I walked to the serving station, my eyes scanned the room. Raining and storming outside. A couple hundred people inside. People. Young. Old. Black. White. Down on their luck. …

Dancing with God

“…the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;…” Isaiah 61:3 I do this tonight…this morning.  I fall to my knees somewhere between 3:00 and 3:30 a.m.  I come in repentance and brokenness before God.  I am God’s child, but I need to repent, to …

Seeds of the Miraculous

”I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” [Matthew 18:2] To a child every discovery enters into their hearts with wonder—they rest their trust on goodness, unconscious of the ugliness of the …

Faithful Grace

And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” (II Corinthians 12:9) Every morning when my feet touch the floor I humbly thank God for another day that He’s given me to be up and …

Why?

“…Why then has all this happened to us ” [Judges 6:13] In discussing Psalm 22:1, Denis Lane, director of Overseas Missionary Fellowship, wrote that when the roof caves in, the first question that often comes to us is the same question Jesus asked: “My God, …

Do I Trust God?

I always thought I trusted God. But situations came up that showed me I didn’t really trust Him as much as I thought. Instead, I trusted in others and myself. For example, years ago when our firstborn left for college, I lamented to my husband, …