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 …
Grace-Full Living
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 …
5 Practial Ways to Let Go of Perfectionism
1. Identify the triggers that urge you to do just a little bit more. 2. Set limits for what you will do and how much of yourself you will expend for a specific task. For example, “I’ll know I’m done when …” 3. When you …
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 …
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, …