2025-05-30
Book of Life
I am to be whom God has made me: fragile, fallible and dependent on Him in the mess and muck of life but not sucked in by it.
Read more..I am to be whom God has made me: fragile, fallible and dependent on Him in the mess and muck of life but not sucked in by it.
Read more..Sometimes the right path is not so difficult to find, we just need to know where to begin our search
Read more..“Ma’am your son has been arrested for shoplifting.” My whole world came to a standstill. The pain was excruciating, the shame unbearable, the isolation overwhelming.
Read more..Our Father in heaven wants us to be images of his Son — because there is no limit to the kindness Jesus has shown each of us. How then can we put an arbitrary limit on kindness when it comes to others?
Read more..God is good and it gives Him pleasure to bless us with His good things.
Read more..“Mommy, is I big?” asks my almost three-year-old son Jack. “Am I someone special, someone significant?”
Read more..I was awakened from a deep sleep. I knew that God had something to say to me. I felt impressed to get up...
Read more..Do you ever reflect on the wrong decisions you’ve made? I do. In retrospect, I re-evaluate....
Read more..Take Heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33 Too often I’m enchanted into thinking that life should be easy. I want it to hum ahead. I want the days to flow beautifully without sticking and clunking and crashing.
Read more..Question: What sort of sins do we often try to hide from God? "If we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong." (1 John 1:9)
Read more..It was the night before her surgery. The next day, the surgeon would be removing her diseased kidney. She was sitting on the side of her bed praying.
Read more..Teach your children about God. "What you teach your children today will be passed on to many generations."
Read more..To teach our children is a personal duty. We cannot delegate it to Sunday school teachers, or other friendly aids.
Read more..If we base our self-worth on a sad experience which happened in the past such as: I’m a divorcee; I’ve had cancer, I’ve suffered abuse…This leads to defeated thinking like I’m damaged goods, this is who I am; I can’t change it.
Read more..You have to be amazed at the speed of communications today. But even more amazing is the fact that God knows and hears our prayers even before we think about them or open our mouths.
Read more..You are more beautiful than the dawn of the morning. Gentle as the summer breeze Your presence is like blessings after the rain!
Read more..Psalm 135:5 “I know the greatness of the Lord -that our Lord is greater than any other god.” Prayer: Dear Father, I am devoted to You. May I center my day around You today, so that I can walk in the great Love You have for me.
Read more..Trusting God with our hearts so He can heal us takes courage. Being vulnerable with God and trusting Him with areas of our life that are difficult to face is exactly what He desires.
Read more..Who are you? What is your place in this world? This question often baffles us. In our quest to be prominent or recognized, we tend to overlook the obvious fact that each person brings something distinct to this world.
Read more..Are you heading into this week just flat out exhausted? Is there some great weight upon you that you just can’t seem to lift? Have no fear, for our God does not grow weary.
Read more..How do you feel about the word surrender? It’s not a popular word in our culture. We are afraid that if we surrender we’ll be oppressed. Maybe a person in authority has abused us and colored our concept of surrender.
Read more..Many years ago, an old man advised me to cast my bread on the water,
Read more.."And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.” 1 John 3:16 Today, someone offered me the shirt off his back.
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