Thoughts By Marilyn Ehle

2026-01-02

New Isn’t Always Comfortable

Father, my heart is stirred when I think of all the new things you want to do in and through me,

2025-12-19

Alone for Christmas

It was her first Christmas away from the rest of the family. What would Christmas morning be like for this single young woman living in a big city?

2025-12-16

The Mingling of Joy and Sorrow

The story of Christmas is one of beauty - and also of impending sorrow. We easily forget that the child of the manger grew up to be the man of the cross. It is at times like this we are reminded to not neglect either aspect of the story.

2025-12-12

“Have You Ever Been Alone With God?”

Being alone with God takes practice and discipline. We should daily practice being alone with Jesus, allowing the words of God to “dwell in us richly.

2025-12-08

Opening Heavy Doors

So often our natural response is to make life easier for our children, forgetting that it is by opening increasingly heavy doors that they will ultimately succeed. Teach us, Lord, when and how to help.

2025-12-06

Enemies of Christmas

Perhaps one of the most striking aspects of this dark side of Christmas is how God dealt with his enemies and their schemes to kill Jesus.

2025-12-03

Reason(s) for the Season

Each day during this beautiful month I want to discover yet another “reason for the season.” What new work of God is happening in our lives? What new truths from the Bible are becoming reality?

2025-11-22

Papa

They didn't know that God longed to be known as a tender, loving "Abba," or "Papa"

2025-11-15

Putting Our Affairs in Order

Put your affairs in order. Words that jolt us out of the false sense of security we possess—likely brought about by an equally false sense of control.

2025-10-24

A Two-Pronged Question

The first question is a primary one: “Who do you say that He is?” The second question is one we grow into: “Who does Jesus say I am?”

2025-10-21

This I Believe

“What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.”

2025-10-19

Dry Towels and Thirsty Souls

“Blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit”. Jeremiah 17:7-8

2025-10-18

Growing in Winter

Thank you for the times of blooming but also for the colder days when I may not see results

2025-10-17

Preparing for Winter

Turn to the Bible, the food that will sustain us not only in the present but in the wintry days of increasing darkness

2025-10-06

Praise: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

Singing on Sunday morning is far different from living on Monday in the classroom, office or field.

2025-10-03

Mountain Peaks and Regal Robes

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart,..." Our Heavenly Father just asks for willing people to work with all their hearts, knowing that God accepts our service.

2025-09-20

Perfume to God

Father God, I want to be perfume to you but often, I admit, what you smell in my good works is the stench of self-reliance and self-satisfaction.

2025-09-14

A Hint of Things to Come

C.S. Lewis wrote that we live between the now and not yet. We live in a broken world. God promises that He will never leave nor forsake us,

2025-09-12

Just How Bad Could it Get?

Romans 8:28 "We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.”

2025-09-11

Faulty Building Materials

Anyone who has ever been involved in building a structure knows the value of carefully attaching the superstructure to a firm foundation. Rusty nails will not do.

2025-09-10

A Lost Art

To confess sin means 'to agree with God' about it, to have His view toward it. With that kind of honest confession and determination to turn from the sin comes the incredible flood of forgiveness:

2025-09-03

I Demand to Be Right!

Do you find yourself constantly correcting people in conversation? Do you feel the need to share your insight or knowledge

2025-08-14

Small Words, Large Meaning

"May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us so that your (God's) ways may be known on earth, so that all the ends of the earth will fear him".

2025-08-12

Selling it All

Jesus never asks us to be foolish, but he does demand total commitment. Sometimes dedication to him appears foolish to onlookers

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