The Overflow of Life.
"But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace. Then it pleased him to reveal his Son to me ..." (Galatians 1:15-16a, NLT) "Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion. But strictly speaking, there is...
Relief
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Relief. My Bible dictionary gives this definition for relief: "removal or lightening of something oppressive, painful, or distressing."...
For All Who Wander
"O to grace how great a debtor Daily I'm constrained to be! Let that grace now like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here's my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above." (from...
Influence, Envy & Friendships
We spent the week in "Settle My Soul" looking more closely at the topics of influence, envy, and friendships ... ~*~*~ "By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; and through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful...
Every Meal An Opportunity
My word for this year, Savor, continues to unfold before me in the most unusual of ways, speaking to my soul the very words it needs. It is at our tables our bodies find nourishment as we sit and partake of our meals; and it is at His table our souls find the morsels...
When Job Prayed For His Friends
The mere mention of the Book of Job is enough to send one running. The book reminds us of loss and devastation and painful suffering. After losing everything but his wife, whose only advice was to “Curse God and die.†(see Job 2:9), Job still remained faithful to...