Life Thoughts TodayTu Que Habitas no Jardim [english subtitles] You who lives in the gardenmake me always go back to Yousurround me with Your long armsthat my only escape be Your embrace You turn my world so my sunsetcan last the whole dayI don’t need to waitthe turning of the day to meet You I’m running in […]
A Sweet Selah Day is a day—or part of a day—set apart to meet with God. It’s an intentional setting aside of our normal agenda and all our activities and “making a date” to meet with Him. Just like we meet with an old friend, writing the plans on our calendars and setting aside time to catch […]
Blessed beyond measure. Cared for, beyond description. Seeing favor in ways & places far beyond what I deserve. And…sometimes still needing to pray for the ‘daily bread’ and basic financial provision to meet obligations each month. If those sound like opposites to you, I’m hoping this brief reflection will serve to re-arrange your thinking about […]
On this day, I will give you a key to my kingdom. It is believing that I am. Do not believe in what I will do for you or false definitions of happiness. You can believe in who I am, My character, My nature, my person. I am a real God, a real person. I […]
Seriously, this is a “dare” for all who follow Christ. Not the kind of ‘double-dog-dare’ we did as kids. Not an attempt to get you to do something no one else ever should. Not a one time ‘wow’ moment fueled by foolishness nor heralded by hormones. Rather, a dare to do what Jesus has said […]
“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey […]
This is a poem I wrote years ago when Jesus touched deep in my emotions. It was a hard time but it gave me a huge experience with getting rid of bad memories in my life. I was broken and ruined insidelike a clay pot, shatteredthere were a lot of pieces on the floorI tried […]
In a humble soul, I asked God why my prayer wasn’t answered. He said, “Your mind is too slow to understand me, but I am trying to help you. There are two key concepts to understand how I answer prayers. One is the fulness of time and second is to reveal my greatest glory. The […]
August 26,2001 [Editor’s Note: although this is an older report, the information is still important] Twin suicide bombers (possibly ISIS-K terrorists) detonated bombs in the midst of crowds near the airport in Kabul Thursday (August 26) morning, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror. Early reports were that 22 were killed and 60 were […]
It’s not like I didn’t want to have a daily time of Bible reading. I did. It’s not like I thought praying on the run when I remembered it in emergencies was the best way to develop a rich prayer life. I didn’t. But how in the world was a busy mother of two children […]
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