Pinterest is a new website which is set up like an online bulletin board. It is a simple, lovely way to organize all the neat things you find online. You can create your own bulletin boards, organized by theme, and “pin” whatever you find onto …
Mentoring
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, …
Which Wall is Your Ladder Leaning Against?
We live in a busy culture–too busy at times. Let me remind you that we work to live; we ought not live to work. Spouses who spend their entire lives giving their best shot to the company often make a sad discovery as they grow …
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 …
Preparing for the Grandparenting Years
Lydia Harris’ book, Preparing My Heart for Grandparenting, is an outstanding tool for the grandparenting years. More than a self-help book, Grandma Tea, as she is lovingly called by her own grandchildren, has provided a wonderful mix of thought-provoking questions, inspirational guidance and clear direction from God’s word in this fascinating Bible …
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 …
A Fragrance of Christ
“So is my love among the daughters…So is my beloved among the sons…” (Song of Solomon 2:2-3) “How do you know,” a Bedouin was asked, “that there is a God?” “In the same way,” he replied, “that I know in looking at the sand when …