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Good Grief

by | Feb 9, 2022 | grief

When the box is empty and all that was weighing on the heart has been met head on, it is time to call it a day and await God’s new mercies that come with the morning…. g’night.     ( Journal note 7/9/2021)  

De-Shamed

by | Feb 8, 2022 | emotions

De-Shamed: Exposed, with all the beauty of spirit and soul you were intended by God to have, redeemed, “naked , and unashamed”, Genesis 2:25. Quote heard and pondered at a women’s conference a few years ago: “There is a difference between forgiveness and...

Answered Prayers and Serendipities

by | Feb 8, 2022 | heart of God, knowing

You may never know…..sometimes when a needed item appears at “just the right time” by some mysterious means from an unexpected source, it builds faith and demonstrates that God does care about the smallest, seemingly most insignificant things. But...

The Test of Time

by | Feb 8, 2022 | Wisdom, Worldview

Some value things that they believe will stand the test of time. But what of the day when time is no more? Will those valued treasures stand the test of eternity? 1 Corinthians 3:6-23 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So...

How I Know What I Know

by | Feb 8, 2022 | Wisdom, witness

Some say “You KNOW that you KNOW that you KNOW”, implying that one has certainty about knowledge acquired. I prefer “I know WHAT I know” AND acknowledging there is much that I don’t know, can’t know and will never know! I know I am...

Predictive vs. Prescriptive Foreknowledge

by | Feb 8, 2022 | Temptation, Truth

As I listened to a discussion about the difference between predictive and prescriptive foreknowledge I began to see why-and how- Satan had the audacity to challenge God, thinking he could assume and wrest authority over creation from God. Satan is a keen-observing...

Devastation Grief

by | Feb 7, 2022 | grief

The devastation of the landscape is as heartbreaking to many of us as our own personal property losses. The barrenness of the trees, the yards and roadsides still destroyed by fallen trees and heavy equipment, continued trash in many places, businesses and some homes...

Idol Pruning

by | Feb 7, 2022 | heart, Idolatry

It seems to me that sometimes God removes from our lives what would have become an idol in our lives to prevent that very thing from happening….. I have thought about this in regard to King David and the death of his first child with Bathsheba. If God had let...

Healing Spirit, Soul, and Body

by | Feb 7, 2022 | healing

I had written about a message by Charles Stanley two years ago on this day,  Tonight as I was reminded of it I realized I had almost the exact conversation with a discipleship student this afternoon! What do we do when faced with the consequences of a faith failure?...