How often we connect the word awesome to just the ordinary. It belongs to the extraordinary. The word actually means, “inspires an overwhelming feeling of reverence or fear” but somehow it has been reduced to meaning “very cool.” The Word became flesh – if there was ever an awesome event, this is it. Wonder and … [Read more...]
Please Pass the Gratitude
Can you remember what was going on in your life last November at this time? Maybe not, but it might’ve been the cluttered thinking, talking, sleeping and waking up with thoughts or complaints of pandemics and politics and the distancing that came about from both. For many it wasn’t just about having despairing thoughts or … [Read more...]
Fervent
Are there things you’ve grown tired of giving over to God? When have you been the most persistent in prayer? I have several ways to answer that one, so I think back to a time when I was desperate in prayer and go to the book of Samuel - remembering well. Hannah taught me how to pray. An example of a woman of fervent prayer, … [Read more...]
Dwell in Hope
I have set the Lord always before me because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices, my flesh shall dwell in hope. ~ David. Yep, I’ve come to know that my heart can be glad when I don’t dwell in my head. Media pummels our peace with cringeworthy images and bad news --- … [Read more...]
Faith and Doubt
“I’m sorry, there’s nothing more we can do . . .” Wildly hopeless words that I’ve had to hear more than once. At least four times - when a husband and three sons nearly died. One who was in a coma, one in a near fatal car accident, another in kidney failure and yet another with cancer. And what do we do with those … [Read more...]
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