Bloom Where You’re Planted
"You removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it.You cleared the ground before it, and it took deep root and filled the land." (Psalm 80:8-9, NASB) "One of the greatest tragedies in life is wasted opportunity - not making the most of what God...
Forget
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Forget. We forget. We don't want to forget, but we do. There are times we fail to recall the details of situations. Worse yet, we...
The Goodness of God {{Let’s Have Coffee}}
We went on vacation a few weeks ago. Once a year, we return to Lake Winnepausaukee, New Hampshire for our annual family trek. It began when our children were small and it a tradition we continue to this day, with them now as adults and bringing their children. For one...
God in Our Daily Lives
Another week of looking at the words of Jesus. It's been a convicting and blessed week of study ... Memory Verse: "Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you." (Matthew 7:7) We opened the week with reading...
The Promise Within Us
Lately I have been thinking about the Holy Spirit. Christ, in talking with His disciples, promises them they will never be alone. He also promises they will have the Spirit of truth indwell them. Christ explains further:Â that the Holy Spirit will teach them all...
A Flawed Memory
"How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness And grieved Him in the desert!Again and again they tempted God, And pained the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember His power, The day when He redeemed them from the enemy." (Psalm 78: 40-42, NASB) "The older...