Like Little Children
If you have spent some time with little children, you quickly come to recognize how they truly enjoy life. A toddler lives with a transparency that expresses their wants and emotions, putting them out there for everyone to see. My thirteen month old granddaughter...
Trust His Heart
"Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know." (Job 42:3, NIV) "It's easy to thank God when he does what we want. But God doesn't always do what we want. Ask Job. God owes no one anything. No reasons. No explanations. Nothing. If...
Success
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Success. "Success" can be defined as achieving one's goals. Joshua was given this word by his predecessor, Moses: "This book of the law shall not depart from...
The God Dare
It's been a few days in which I've been reading about Joseph and his brothers. Joseph shares his dream with his brothers, who become filled with jealousy and conspire to get rid of him. Sold off to slave traders, he ends up purchased and in the home of Potiphar....
Of Sacrifice, Stripping Down, and Shadowboxing
It is amazing how quickly these weeks pass. The mornings are dark when I now get up and the sun is setting earlier, sure signs fall is surely here. Week five in the study "God. Move. Plan." brought us into thinking about how we plan. ~*~*~ In 1 Corinthians 6:19-20,...
Breaking Anxiety’s Grip
Scripture tells us: "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus"...