Power of story
“Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness; they will sing with joy about your righteousness.” (Psalm 145:7 NLT) Two years ago I spent the week at the local theater with three of my children who were in a live play/musical adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s book “Till We Have Faces.” TheyContinue Reading
To dust
As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. (Psalm 103:13-14 NIV) Today is Ash Wednesday, marking the start of Lent, which lasts for forty days (excluding Sundays) leading up to Easter. Traditionally, LentContinue Reading
Misunderstood
“For since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you, who works for those who wait for him!” (Isaiah 64:4 NLT) Have you ever felt misunderstood? Not just “they didn’t hear what I said,” but “they don’t at understand me at all.”Continue Reading
Deposits make the difference
“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go onContinue Reading
Discernment
Keep a cool head. Stay alert. The Devil is poised to pounce, and would like nothing better than to catch you napping. Keep your guard up. You’re not the only ones plunged into these hard times. It’s the same with Christians all over the world. So keep a firm gripContinue Reading
Aligned
The Lord works everything together to accomplish his purpose. (Proverbs 16:4 TPT) As a result of a wonderful birthday gift, I once received a lovely massage. In the course of that, my head, neck, and shoulders were brought back into alignment and the tingling in my arms was alleviated –Continue Reading
Wind chime
You own the day and the night.Sunlight and starlight call you Creator.The four corners of the earth were formed by your hands,and every changing season owes its beauty to you. (Psalm 74:16-17 TPT) Although I have friends who live in places that are warm and sunny all year around, IContinue Reading
Engulfed
If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel say-if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,when their anger flared against us,they would have swallowed us alive;the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,the raging waters would have swept usContinue Reading
Delight!
Delight – to please someone greatly, to take great pleasure in something “Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value].” (Colossians 3:2 AMP) What is your mind set on? I, personally, am challenged to consider whatContinue Reading
Mysterious
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.(Isaiah 55:8-9 KJV) Have you ever had any questions that didn’t seemContinue Reading