Start
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Start. "Start" can be defined as the beginning of an activity or a journey. The best part of the day for me is the start of it. The mornings are my favorite...
May It Be So
The Lord's Prayer is one we are all familiar with, and often, familiarity can rob us from the depth of meaning which God wants to speak into our hearts. In their book, May It Be So: Forty Days with the Lord's Prayer, Justin McRoberts and Scott Erickson, slow us down...
The Heart That Heals
The book arrived and its lovely cover immediately had my attention. Later that afternoon, I made myself a cup of tea and settled on the couch to read. In her book, The Heart That Heals, Patsy Burnette tells her story. It's a story of loss and brokenness. It's a story...
Prepared, Numbering Our Days & Generosity
It was week three in the Hello Mornings study - God. Move. Plan. And it brought much needed reminders ... ~*~*~ In Matthew 25:1-13, we find the parable of the ten bridesmaids - five wise, five foolish. The parable focuses on being prepared for the groom. Bottom line -...
Battles & His Great Name
I recently read the familiar story of the battle of Jericho. The battle strategy, if you can call it such, was to march around the city once a day for six days. On the seventh day, they were to march around the city seven times and when the priests gave the signal,...
God Fights. We Trust.
"He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved." (Psalm 62:6, NKJV) "Here is a big question: What is God doing when you are in a bind? When the lifeboat springs a leak? When the rip cord snaps? When the last penny is gone before the last...