The Steps & the Stops
"I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry." (Psalm 40:1, NASB) "Waiting is much more difficult than walking, for waiting requires patience, and patience is a rare virtue ... But God has a purpose in all of His delays. "The steps of a...
Pray. Trust. Work. Prevail.
There is no way one can ever know, at the beginning of the year, the impact of one word. I continue to be amazed how my word, Prevail, continues to weave its way deeply into my heart and mind. I am not sure when I saw, on Twitter, the book recommended by Pastor Jim...
Teach
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Teach. Teach has been defined as the act of imparting knowledge or skill through instruction. In looking at the definition, I...
We Live Step by Step {{Let’s Have Coffee}}
The dryer bell goes off and I begin to fold the sheets and towels. As I fold the pillow cases, one of them is totally inside out, which is not the way they went into the wash or the dryer. How does that even happen? One minute I am folding laundry and the next my...
Companions, Thanksgiving, and Light
As familiar as the book of Esther is, it is amazing how new and fresh and relevant it is each time it is read. There were a few observations which I made in reading Esther 1:16-22: Did Queen Vashti truly do wrong to ALL the princes and ALL the people who are in the...
The Power of Prayer
“The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and...