How Will We Be Recognized? {{Let’s Have Coffee}}
Isaiah 61. It is such a familiar chapter. We want to remember the mission we have all been called to bring to this world. We take hope in the exchange of gladness instead of mourning; praise instead of fainting; and being called "oaks of righteousness, the planting of...
Listen For the Whisper
It's a cloudy and gray morning, the rain is coming down softly at the moment. The morning sounds, while present, are quieter; and the morning doves are cooing. It's a gentle and oddly comforting sound. The sounds all remind me of Elijah. Elijah, in fleeing for his...
Lessons From Motherhood
“Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her.†(Proverbs 31:28, NLT) Yesterday was Mother’s Day. Perhaps this post should have been written before the day but some days, it takes me a while to process my thoughts and feelings. I have been blessed...
Call Upon Him
"And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be delivered ..." (Joel 2:32, NASB) "So why don't I call on His name? Why do I run to this person or that person, when God is near and will hear my faintest call? Why do I sit down to plot my own...
She
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … She. She is a pronoun indicating a female, like in a woman. She can be married or single. She can have children or not. This past...
That They May Know
Prayer. Some days we pray big prayers. Some days our requests are smaller. Tucked within the pages of 1 Kings we find Elijah and he's involved in a showdown between the gods of Baal and the One True God. A sacrifice is prepared and first up are the prophets of Baal....