Everyday Opportunities
"And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet." (John 13:14, NLT) "Ministering in everyday opportunities that surround us does not mean that we select our own surroundings - it means being God's very special choice...
Could
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Could. John - the beloved disciple and he knew it too. He was the one who wanted to be close to Jesus. He knew Jesus intimately and his...
Start & Finish Lines
One generation can think so differently from the next. As the years pass, the desire to converse and learn from my own parents has been on the increase, as I come to recognize there is a wisdom waiting to be gleaned. Combine wisdom with godliness and what is truly...
Thanks While in Transition
This week is the start of a new school year for our family. It's also a new and different school year, much the same as it is for every family. Transition. It's the word going through my head as I wonder how every everyone will do with the transition, with all the...
Words Spoken, Then & Now
We can be so quick to wonder where God is during difficult times. Yet there are times, we bring those difficulties upon ourselves through our own willful disobedience. This is where we found the people as we began the week in Ezra 5:11-17. "But because our ancestors...
He Blesses the Persecuted
God blesses those who are persecuted for doing right, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.†(Matthew 5:10, NLT) Persecution has been defined as acts or actions taken against a group of people to exterminate or cause harm to the group based on their religious,...