Give God Elbow Room
"Then it pleased him to reveal his Son to me ..." (Galatians 1:15, NLT) "As servants of God we must learn to make room for Him - to give God "elbow room". We plan and figure and predict that this or that will happen, but we forget to make room for God to come in as He...
Life
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Life. This morning I find myself convicted by words spoken the other day. I may have said, "I was not meant to live in this time. I should...
Finding Deep & Wide
Several years ago, the internet crossed my paths with a woman living in Louisiana, who has since become a dear friend. She introduced me to another lovely woman, also from Louisiana, as she thought I would enjoy both her humor, her recipes, and her love of Jesus. My...
We pray because …
Jonah is probably most commonly known for his adventures with the whale. But hidden within this short book of the Bible (just four chapters long), we find Jonah's prayers to God. "Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish. He said, "I cried out to the...
Change Draws Us Closer
It was another wonderful week in the devotional "Settle My Soul" as we discussed seeing the areas of our lives which need to change. ~*~*~ "Seek the Lord, all who are humble, and follow his commands. Seek to do what is right and to live humbly. Perhaps even yet the...
He Promises To Be With Us
The day had come – the Israelites were going to enter the Promised Land but they would be doing so without their leader. Moses had taken them as far as God was going to permit him to go. Moses prepares them, delivering a farewell speech, as he truly knew the nature...