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. …
Mentoring Series
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 …
Advice For When You Meet a Joy Vampire
Romans 12:1-2 There are jobs, sometimes even people in our life that may be joy suckers. My husband calls them joy vampires. These people and jobs cause our mind to turn from thinking on the positive and good around us to focusing on the negative. …
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, …
Compassion Around the Kitchen Table
“I am the man who has seen affliction Because of the rod of His wrath. He has driven me and made me walk in darkness and not in light” [Lamentations 3:1-2] Around the kitchen table is a place of compassion because it is also a …
Encouraging Fellow Strugglers
“Behold you are fair my love! Behold, you are fair!” [Song of Solomon 4:1] Recently we were watching the story of Henry VIII and saw the blatant selfishness and power struggle created by immoral relationships. Throughout it, people were treated wickedly and the fruit birthed a …
One Act of Obedience
God has His people placed strategically all around the world, serving Him in important ways. Some of the ways may appear insignificant on the outside, but they may be the key to God’s plans. One man drilling a well in West Africa may not appear …