Our Need For New Eyes
Home. They say "home is where the heart is" and I fully agree. So it is safe to say, I love my home. It is where my family has lived for the last nearly twenty eight years. It may not be the largest home on my street. Nor the one most updated. But it is home. It is...
Of Faith, Work, and Our Hope
The six week study "A Faith That Endures" came to a close with some wonderful thoughts... ~*~*~ We started with reading 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17. Here Paul brings a strong word for us to "stand fast" (or firm). We are to keep a "firm grip" (v. 15, NLT) on the teaching...
Eighteen Summers
School is out and the first day of summer arrived last week. I always looked forward to summer. Summer always meant easier days. I didn’t need to drive our children to school. No homework and projects to help them with, or the making of lunches. Summer meant days of...
The Name He Calls
"For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search and find my sheep." (Ezekiel 34:11, NLT) God is the waiting Father, the caring Shepherd in search of his lamb. His legs are scratched, his feet are sore, and his eyes are burning. He scales the cliffs and...
Question
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Question. A question is a sentence posed to another individual in order to get information from their response. I can well remember each of my children raising...
Of Stones & Memorials
The story has always been a favorite of mine. Joshua was going to lead the people into the promised land. There was only one obstacle before them - the Jordan River needed to be crossed. The river was in its spring flood stage as a result of the winter runoff from...