My Dad, who loved Christmas and being with family so very much, passed away just days after Christmas two years ago. As I sit looking at my home, decorated as it always is this time of year, with the word “JOY” literally all over the place, tears well up in my eyes, again. I missContinue reading “He stepped into our brokenness.”
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God with us
Our hearts were made to long for God to be with us. Perhaps, that’s why even unbelievers find themselves drawn to the wonders of Christmas-time. But this world has a way of telling us all, that God is not with us. The evil one tries to convince us He doesn’t exist or just doesn’t care.Continue reading “God with us”
More Prophecies about this than His birth!
Do you know these prophetic words from the Isaiah were written 700 years before Jesus was born?? Isaiah 9:2The people walking in darknesshave seen a great light;on those living in the land of the shadow of deatha light has dawned.Isaiah 9:6-7For to us a child is born,to us a son is given,and the government willContinue reading “More Prophecies about this than His birth!”
Are we carrying others to Jesus this CHRISTmas?
The Messiah sat surrounded by the Pharisees and teachers of the law. The crowd surrounded the place and pushed in. I wonder if the buttoned-up religious leaders had to dust off their shoulders as debris surely began to fall from the ceiling as the tiles in the ceiling were removed. Did Jesus chuckle to HimselfContinue reading “Are we carrying others to Jesus this CHRISTmas?”
He is doing what He promised.
“The things which are impossible with men are possible with God”. (Luke 18:27) Lately, I see so much that seems impossible, and wrong. How dark the world seems right now. Just turn on the news and you’ll know what I mean. (Or, maybe don’t 😳) But how dark, how impossible, it surely seemed over twoContinue reading “He is doing what He promised.”
Those dirty shepherds
On this Giving Tuesday, I think about so many friends who work in ministries for the hurting and the broken. I think of how God, through them, pursues the hearts of those who often feel unworthy. Unworthy, like those shepherds so long ago…. THE SHEPHERDS They were the ones not invited to the party. ButContinue reading “Those dirty shepherds”
Thanksgiving
Sometimes, I read a verse and wonder if God put it there just for me. 1 Peter 4:9 is one such verse. “ Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.” Let me explain: My husband has the gift of hospitality. Like, an extra, heaping, helping of it! If he knows you are traveling near ourContinue reading “Thanksgiving”
The addictive need for praise and control.
Jesus saw it happen. Jesus warned us it would happen even to those who call themselves Christ followers. (Matt 23) All their works they do to be seen by others (Matt 23:5) They love the best places at the feasts, the best seats, and the big greetings and the big titles. (Matt 23: 6-7). They’veContinue reading “The addictive need for praise and control.”
Your hard thing might be the VERY thing…
My eyes keep going back to that word in 1st Peter 3:15– Hope. And I remember it was hope that drew me to Jesus. It was the hope I saw in others, that I didn’t understand but desperately wanted. Theirs was a hope that made no earthly sense—a hope not based on circumstances. In fact,Continue reading “Your hard thing might be the VERY thing…”
Let’s don’t neglect to praise God in the midst of hard things…
“Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen” (1 Tim 1:17) As Paul wrote those words in his letter to Timothy, I wonder if he sat his pen down, lifted his hands to Heaven and was overcome with praise to the Lord?Continue reading “Let’s don’t neglect to praise God in the midst of hard things…”
What God can do in and through a little life —World Prematurity Day.
It’s World Prematurity Day…seems the perfect time to share again what God can do in and through a little life, from my favorite preemie, my son Ben, he was just 2 lbs 12 ounces in the photo below—- We have so many choices and so many people telling us who to be or how toContinue reading “What God can do in and through a little life —World Prematurity Day.”
More than you imagined faith…
There seems to be an intimacy with God that can only be understood through the lens of trials and pain. It’s one thing to read about God’s faithfulness, but entirely another to walk with Him daily and see Him faithfully carry you through things you never imagined you’d ever get through. It’s one thing toContinue reading “More than you imagined faith…”
God sees you. Hold on in that!
So often, when I’m struggling with hard things in this life, God will remind me of something from His Word. I guess this is why I’m so passionate that we should seek Him daily through our Bibles. You know, when we suffer through hard days, as many are seeing right now, it is easy toContinue reading “God sees you. Hold on in that!”
I’m a grandma and funny thing…
When I was younger, I’d look at women that I now resemble in the mirror and think, “I’ll have it all together then….” I remember thinking, they are wise. They know what to do every single time a concern heads their way—in less than ten seconds probably. I thought I’d feel like a wise grownContinue reading “I’m a grandma and funny thing…”
Need a little JOY?
I wish I could call Karen. I’d love to sit with her on her couch, open our Bibles, and pray as we did so many times over the years. Joy just oozed out of that precious woman. It truly did, and even as she lay dying. She was my friend and my mentor. I loveContinue reading “Need a little JOY?”
When the tears won’t dry this side of Heaven…
It’s a passage that has always seemed so sad to me – John 6:41-71. Jesus has just said some hard things about what following Him really looks like and “from that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.” (John 6:66). Surely, as John wrote those words, the faces ofContinue reading “When the tears won’t dry this side of Heaven…”
Peace when I’m overwhelmed…
When my heart is overwhelmed, when I long for peace, joy and hope, I know I can no longer look to this world. I have been led to the rock that is higher than I. (Ps 61:2) I’ve tasted and seen that He alone is good. I have been blessed to take refuge in Him.Continue reading “Peace when I’m overwhelmed…”
Unity, Politics, and Faith
Unity for unity’s sake never unified anyone. This is true in our country and in our churches. People will unify around common purpose and common belief not some empty call for unity for unity’s sake. As Christians, we can never go along with things that go against the Word of God in the name ofContinue reading “Unity, Politics, and Faith”
I want to be on the other side…
I want to be on the other side. You know the other side of the current problem impacting my life. I want to feel the rejoicing that comes AFTER the pain and worry have subsided. I know what that is like.I’ve seen God be faithful before. But right now.I’m in the “not yet”. I’m inContinue reading “I want to be on the other side…”
The Devil doesn’t care if you are happy or sad….
Jesus said you are with me or against me (Matt 12:30). There is no neutral. You either see the world and life from a biblical worldview or from a satanic worldview. Either there is One True God and One source of absolute truth that exists outside of you; or you operate by a satanic worldviewContinue reading “The Devil doesn’t care if you are happy or sad….”
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