Gratitude and Light
It’s that time of year again. The leaves are beginning to change color and gently fall to the ground. The shadows are shifting in the yard. The mornings are pitch black and … it is getting darker earlier in the evening. Last night I was struck with how dark it was...
If Peace Be In Your Heart
"In me .... peace." (John 16:33) "There is a vast difference between pleasure and blessedness. Paul experienced imprisonment, pain, sacrifice, and suffering to their very limits, yet through it all was blessed ... Dear tested and tried believer, it is your mission to...
Complete
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Complete. "These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete." (1 John 1:4, NASB) These words were written by the apostle...
Which Way Are You Running? {{Let’s Have Coffee}}
I have lived enough of my life to know there is no way to live without challenges, hurts, and disappointments. "I'm so disappointed." Even as the words came out of his mouth, I could see the disappointment had caused hurt deep in his heart. Being disappointed is a...
Let’s Walk With God
For the month of October, our morning Bible Study group will be using "Becoming a Woman who Walks With God" by Cynthia Heald. Our focus Scripture for this month is: "But whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we...
His Time Will Come
No matter how many times we may read the stories in Scripture, they bring a timely word with each reading. They are there for us as an example, for our instruction, and to keep us from falling. “Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written...