Make the Needed Change
We are almost at the middle of the first month of this new year and new decade. Many of us would have made resolutions and goals. But did you know … 4 out of 10 adults will make at least one resolution for the new year at the end of the 1st week, about 75% of people...
The Life That Knows Him
"Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am?" (John 14:9a, NLT) "True friendship is rare on earth. It means identifying with someone in thought, heart, and spirit. It is a joy to Jesus when a disciple takes...
Direction
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is ... Direction. Direction. It's going from here to there. It's the way one is headed each day. We hope with each step that we are headed in the...
I’ve Seen the End of You
The last several years have brought introductions to medical tests, procedures, surgeries, treatments, and hospitals I had not ever known before. The tension between medical diagnoses and faith is a difficult one. How does one balance what one hears - the facts - with...
A Better Year
The start of a new year begins with a return to the devotional "Settle My Soul" by Karen Ehman and Ruth Schwenk. Our group will finish this devotional book and I truly cannot recommend it enough. ~*~* We began with reading Psalm 119:71 and Hebrews 5:8: "My suffering...
One Word 2020
Come the month of November, I begin to wonder if there will be a One Word for the new year. As I start to pay close attention, a thought, theme, Scripture, or word repeatedly grabs my attention. "Faith" was the word of the year in 2014 as one in our family heard a...