Special Valentines Day Memories
“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.” ~Flavia Weedn Today is Valentines day; a day to remind us to show love to those around us. A day to show someone that we do not take [...]
Letting Go of Emotion
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope. ~Romans 5:3-4 We all have rough days. Days where the kids are miserable and demand that everyone around them are miserable too. Days where the demands of marriage, parenting, friendships, housework, budgeting, running [...]
Sleepless Night, Endless To Do List
’For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.’ ~Romans 8:6 So here it is, one in the morning, and I cannot sleep no matter what. I tried reading, tried watching a movie, even took a melatonin; but the thoughts just keep [...]
Too Busy for ‘The Word’?
‘Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.’ Proverbs 16:3 Recently I have felt a bit stressed. Everything is actually going very well, aside from my husband losing his job, but I am not actually all that worried about that. I am still working as a nanny and also part time [...]
Spiritual Fasting
Do you have a hunger for God? If we don’t feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because we have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because we have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Our soul is stuffed with small things, and there [...]
Saintly Disguise
If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. ~James 1:5 I have had two conversations this week with people looking for advice on what to do when the church they attend starts teaching things that do not sit [...]
A Child’s Prayer
People were bringing these little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the [...]
New Year, New Beginning
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? ~Luke 14;28 Here we are, at the start of a new year. One full of high hopes and goals, wonder and excitement. New years eve is not only a celebration, but it is symbolic for [...]
Warning Signs
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man’s inmost parts. Proverbs 18:8 I sat up last night thinking of something I had said yesterday. Something that could have seriously offended someone. Of course we never mean to offend or hurt others, but sometimes it slips. Sometimes we start [...]
Unveiling Satan’s Lies
A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the [...]
