2/21/16 I had a great time preparing and delivering a message “The Name of God“, about God’s nature and our understanding of him for a service at Carillon Beach Chapel. I have preached and taught on this topic before but today seemed more powerful...
2/21/16 I was in the cleaners picking up laundry on a Tuesday and a law enforcement officer came in needing a new pair of uniform pants hemmed by Friday. The cleaners couldn’t have them done before Monday. I told him I knew a young lady who sews well . We...
What does being in “covenant” with someone mean to you? Answering one another’s calls or emails? Being available to assist or provide guidance in times of need? Offering concerns about one another’s conduct promptly? Being willing to help seek...
I was with one of my brothers and my sister and we were talking about things we heard our Father say when we were growing up, sayings that were repeated often to us. It reminded me of this section of Solomon’s wisdom to his son about “guarding one’s...
I’ve been having some ❤️2 ❤️ conversations with an individual who has struggled with relapses- a bad relationship, a chemical substance, a negative way of thinking….but the conclusion she’s arrived at is that much of it boils down to self-sabotage and repeated...
Not freedom FROM, but freedom TO exercise wisdom and godly choices. The higher responsibility to which grace calls the faithful is the Spirit of the Law, which is much higher than the Letter of the Law. This is what Christ means by saying He came to fulfill the Law,...
From 2/19/2022….. Another birthday. Another day of gratitude. In life for the long-haul…. Blessed to be living long enough to KNOW God’s redemption personally in so many ways , to see it in the lives of others, and to have been given the ability to see it...
I love the imagery of trees, green, spring things …How wonderful is imagination that we can carry such things in our mind’s eye even when they cannot be seen with the eyes!
From 2/19/2022: I am in one of those weird spots in which I know God is doing something…. I can feel it in my bones…(Yes, I’ve gotten old enough to feel things in my bones!) There are definitely some things stirring. Can’t put my finger on it,...
Perhaps why satan is portrayed as a serpent in the garden????? Interestingly, as Dr. Curt Thompson talks about brain development, he describes the initial neurological development in humans as “reptilian”….it is the basic. elemental...
