Last
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Last. "Who has done this and carried it through, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord - with the first of them and with the last - I am...
When You Love A Prodigal
The story of the prodigal son, as found in Luke 15, has always provoked me to examine myself. I have often wondered if there is not a little of both sons, yes, there are two, in each of us. "A son ... two sons - one consumed with pleasure, the other consumed by the...
The Message of Fall
We took a few days to get away, going to New Hampshire to enjoy the beauty and comfort we always find in being there. The weather was beautiful and the fall foliage stunning. We marveled each day in the sights we noticed - the way the fog lifts off the mountains...
Of Battles, Love, and Waiting
It was another timely week in Settle My Soul ... ~*~*~ "And don't let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one." (Matthew 6:13, NLT) Every day we face the evil one. Every time we face doubt, despair, are weary, want to give up or just want to disobey -...
Discovery Which Leads to Influence
Josiah was the last of Judah’s righteous kings. His desire was for God’s people to return their roots, their roots founded in God’s law. His hope was for the people to return to the faith they once had possessed; and for them to pass it to the next generation....
God is Faithful
"And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:19, NLT) "God's faithfulness has never depended on the faithfulness of his children. He is faithful even when we...