Don’t waste your prayers. So often we just throw up our prayers at God while our head hits the pillow at night or when we are in the heat of the moment. We don’t pay attention to our own prayers, and can’t be expected to see when God answers what we don’t even remember asking.
It’s [...]
It is impossible to please God without faith.
That’s a scary statement. To know that nothing I do, think, or say is of value if I don’t start with faith.
It makes since – faith is knowing something is true without having proof. Faith is resting on God even though the evidence is not there [...]
A founding member of the church, who faithfully attended services for thirty years and could always be counted on to volunteer, got sick. The church rallied by her side – the pastor visited, the secretary sent flowers, and the congregation sent notes and cards and prepared meals for the family. It was a good thing.
A [...]
I love to garden, or should I say that I love having a garden. Growing anything – vegetable, flowers, or shrubs – is hard work. Not only do you have to prepare the soil and then plant what ever you [...]
There was a brief moment in my life when I thought I might want to be like the Proverbs 31 woman. Her husband praised her to his friends and her family declared how great she was. I could live with that kind of pat on the back.
Then I began to read about the Proverbs 31 [...]
There is no way that I can get everything done on my to-do list in the amount of daylight that is available to me. It’s easiest to cut corners (like skimping on my prayer and study time) in order to try to get it all done, but that usually ends up back firing.
The best way [...]
When bad things happen, many people will wonder why God is putting them through it. In my study this morning I found myself drawn to Psalm 72:18 which reminds us that God only does wondrous things.
So why do some suffer and others don’t? I think each of us has struggles in our lives that we [...]
When I woke up this morning, the last thing I wanted to do was to get out of bed. Every muscle in my body seemed to hurt. The house was so cold, and the bed was so warm. And I was TIRED, deep in my soul kind of tired. “Just five more minutes,” I kept [...]
One week ago I was in the emergency room. Several hours later, I was beginning my recovery from surgery. Labor Day weekend was no vacation for me.
After a week of pain medication and my husband being around, my schedule is a little off kilter. I have managed to get up NEAR the same time as [...]
Being a good wife when your husband is NOT being a godly husband is a peculiar concept for the world. Fortunately for us, we are not “of this world” we are just “in this world.”
There have been times in my life when I needed a break through or I needed support or I just [...]