Reaching, Inviting, & Nudging
These stories of courage and faith have been given to us as examples. We, too, can persevere, overcome, and hold onto our faith even in the most trying of days. The week opened up with "The Bleeding Woman" from Mark 5: 25-34. This story gets me every time as what...
Praying in the Spirit
Prayer still remains such a mystery, leaving much for us to continue to learn. This week let’s continue to seek wisdom and understanding as to the meaning of “praying in the Spirit.†What does this mean? Samuel Chadwick, in “The Path of Prayer†brings these...
Roads Closed & Promises
"My words ... will come true at their proper time."Â (Luke 1:20) "What the Lord has said ... will be accomplished!" (Luke 1:45) "Matthew Henry said, 'We can depend on God to fulfill His promise, even when all roads leading to it are closed.' For no matter how many...
Strong
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Strong. As I sit on vacation with my family, I am thinking about the past sixteen months. It has been months of facing changes,...
When Foxes Come Close {{Let’s Have Coffee}}
We moved to our small, quiet town thirty seven years ago. The town has grown since and so has our family, but for the most part - the town remains quiet. It was quite a surprise to wake up one recent Saturday to an incident which had been ongoing since the wee hours...
Kindness, Impossibilities, and Waiting
During the month of July, we are returning to the "Women of Courage" devotional book, and resumed with reading about Naaman's servant in 2 Kings 5:1-15. Naaman, we are told was a great, honorable, courageous, and victorious man. But he had leprosy. A young Israelite...