I was driving home, lost in thought. I began to think about how this day began. I awoke with a heavy heart. The weekend was spent officiating the funeral service for my aunt and taking care of the family things afterward. Although that was behind us – heaviness still loomed. I knew I could spend […]
This past week God asked me if I wanted to have this one thing. After thinking about it for days, I realized while I did like the thing God was asking me about, if I could choose, it wouldn’t be my first choice. It would be my settled for. God taught me years ago if […]
It was early Wednesday morning, I was preparing to go and sit with my aunt who was quickly slipping away from us. I really didn’t want to face another day of it. I took some time to pray before I headed out for the day. Just after praying, a song came on that I had […]
Years ago, I listened to a teaching by Pastor Dave Roberson. This teaching greatly impacted my life – from that day to now. It was called, Peace, The Aggression Weapon of God. When I first began to study this subject, I wasn’t clear on how peace could be a weapon. Especially an aggressive weapon. However, I […]
Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” I have always loved that scripture and I pray it all the time over my daughter and grandchildren. One weekend, God showed me a simple and yet profound example of this […]
Did you know one of the remedies for trauma is to sing? It is! Isn’t that amazing. I discovered this one year when my daughter had a four-wheeler accident on her farm. It landed on her, and she was banged up quite a bit. A couple days after one thing was bothering her the most. […]
Have you ever felt weary beyond words? I have. The good news is we do not have to remain that way – we can stay filled with the peace, the joy and the presence of God. Lately, I have been spending time each day with my aunt, who has covid. She has developed heart and […]
I often write about pressure and how it is much like the pressure a woman feels when she is giving birth, when she is trying to birth something into this world, the pressure is usually great. But that is not what I want to talk about today. The other day I received an email from […]
This morning as I prayed, a question came to mind, “When is the best time to prepare for a storm?” Of course, the best time to prepare is before the storm. The only time to prepare is before a storm. If we wait for the storm to hit, the only thing we can do is ride it out. After […]
My sister and I spent our Saturday making prayer quilts. It was a pleasant and peaceful day. While sewing, my sister didn’t get her block lined up exactly right in one spot. One small area on the entire quilt. She was stressing over this one little mistake. “Don’t worry about it, it will disappear when […]
As I sat watching the flames dancing across the logs, my mind drifted back to the past several years. For some reason I began to think about the things that God has brought me through. There have been many. While I am so very thankful that God brought me through those things, I would have […]
While observing Yom Kippur this week, I couldn’t help but think about holiness. We don’t hear it talked about much in church anymore – at least I don’t hear it often. With Yom Kippur being a time of examining our hearts before God – this subject was on my mind. Joshua 3:5 says, “And Joshua said to […]
“From now on, things are going to be easier.” These are the last words I heard before waking up from a dream Monday morning. I don’t know about you, but the past few months have been anything but easy – then God gave me a dream. I dreamed Breanne and I were at work, in […]
We must remove fear completely from the Body of Christ. This has been on my mind for days. I know I have written about this several times this year – however, I am not seeing it let up at all – at least not for most people. It seems to me that most people are […]
Yesterday we talked about endurance. The endurance or perseverance it takes to see the promise of God come to pass. I was recently corresponding with a partner about some long term battles they are in. While seeking God for insight, I only heard one word, perseverance. This is not the word you want to hear […]
One thought came to mind as I walked briskly in the cool of the morning. “If you are going to continue on, you must walk alone.” Back in February, when I had the first sign of a medical issue, I began to make some changes in my life. To live a healthier lifestyle. One of […]
The end of the week found me weary and feeling a bit worn. It had been days of warring in the spirit, or so it seemed. With several family members battling sickness, I felt I hadn’t even had time to think. I sat at my desk, searching for words to write when something came through […]
The Bible says in James 5:16 “Pray also for one another, that you may be healed and restored. The earnest, heartfelt, continued, prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available, dynamic in its working.” (Amplified) I love this scripture and I saw the fruit of it on Sunday. I sent out a prayer request […]
I know I have written about fear quite a bit lately, that’s because it is what I see on the face of most people I encounter daily. I was thinking about this today when God reminded me of something He said to me a little over a year ago. Upon waking early one morning, He […]