What has the Lord done in your life this week? This year? For me it has been seeing God move mightily in the life of a single mom. My friend is one of my heroes. She has raised two teenagers who love the Lord with …
Walking in Wisdom
My Ebenezer
I was sifting through mountains of photo files, looking for a few photographs that I needed. With every file I opened, I kept repeating the same thing. “Oh, I remember that!” or “Oh, I had forgotten that!” In the middle of the reminiscing, this is …
Blessing in the Mundane
“Come near to the Lord, and He will come near to you.” (James 4:8). Some days no matter how hard I try, I can’t escape the cloud of dissatisfaction that wants to keep me down; thinking only of what I don’t have. While this is …
No Room for Envy
Envy is the great enemy of thankfulness. We cannot at the same time be jealous of what someone else has and be thankful for what we have. That’s why it’s so necessary to discipline ourselves to be focused on all the good that is our’s, …
Part of a Whole
He started in the wrong key and his music clashed with the others for a few brief notes. I could tell by the subtle grimace and blush on his face that he realized his error. He very quickly adjusted, and the rest of the band …
Gushers from Boulders
I had a tooth that was causing me extreme pain. We prayed and the tooth improved completely. Our Christian dentist saw the before and after X-ray. However, he told us that God can heal a person’s soft body but not a hard tooth. He went …
Spiritual Antihistamines
It had been a while since I’d had any gluten. (It’s amazing how quickly one can forget the terrible times I’d endured.) As I reached for the golden glazed bit of sweet heaven I told myself, “It’s just a little bit. Surely it won’t be …
Jesus Loves Women
The thought that God loved me never crossed my mind as I gasped for air, his hands tightly gripped around my throat. My husband was an angry man and a misogynist – he hated women. If only he had come with a list of …
Grace to Grow
“…nevertheless not as I will, but as You will.” (Matthew 26:39) Recently I was asked, “What has it cost you to grow as a Christian?” I thought for a few moments, taking a quick trip back down the highway of life remembering and reminiscing, seeing …
A Day of Small Idols
“It’s my kitchen island! I’ve always wanted one! It’s mine. Mine! “The new kitchen goes nearly the whole length of the house. There was this little deck, you see, and it was always hot because the sun shone straight on it. So we filled it …