Trust and Surrender
On New Year's Day this year, my daughter Abby and I went to check out a horse auction with the intention of learning more about how we…
What She Said Part 13, Week 6 - Move On
As a preacher’s kid, Heidi has seen and experienced the good, the bad, and the ugly of church life in ways that broke her but ultimately drove her to…
Precious Moments
I was ambushed in a parking lot recently. Don’t worry, it wasn’t a carjacking! My granddaughters and I had almost reached our…
The Sad Relief
For most of my life, I looked forward to the final six weeks of the year, full of holiday cheer, beginning with Mom’s November…
Orphaned Widow
They’re gone. That was often my first waking thought in the days after Dad’s passing. The reality settled over my sorrowing…
I’ll Be Back!
I wasn’t with my husband when he passed away. I was holding Mom’s hand when she took her last breath. Given
The Rollercoaster
I was in elementary school when Mom, Dad, and I went to Myrtle Beach for the first of many family beach vacations. One evening…
All Better
A decade or so ago, I discovered the joys of feeding the birds that frequent my wooded property. Cardinals, chickadees, woodpeckers, nut hatches, and…
The Plans I Have For You
Wife to thirty-eight year old Ray, a young mother of two girls, ages 7 and 10, Patsy thought she knew God’s plans…
The Nearness of the Lord
Is there any greater provision we have than the nearness of the Lord? It’s amazing we can call on Him any time we…
Satisfying Provision
"I really rocked it today!" That is the lie I often tell myself rather than believing the truth that God is the One who has upheld…
God's Everlasting Kingdom
Stories of kings, queens, and kingdoms fascinate me. Living in America means I cannot fully understand the idea…
The Character of God
God's gracious character in preserving Israel is recounted in these verses, just as it is in Exodus 34:6 during the covenant renewal…
Declaring His Mighty Acts
Remember. This word occurs often in Scripture as God wants His people to keep pointing future generations to His saving…
Unsearchable Greatness
Have you ever found a passage of Scripture that you keep going back to over and over again? Join me this week…
What She Said Part 13 - Week 4 - Tell the Next Generation
I have always been struck by the inclusion of “those not yet born” in God’s call to His people to “go and tell” about His…
Suffering - Blessed are Those who Mourn
Jesus spoke the beatitudes as a pronouncement of blessing for the present and a storehouse of trust for the future. Blessed gems they were,…
Relationships - Contend or Content?
Isaac understood contention, having experienced it within his family among his parents, with his wife, and between his twin sons, and outside…
Obedience - Walk Before Me
Abraham had first heard God’s promise of a son by Sarah 24 years prior. Was this walking and waiting command after 13 years…
Surrender - “I Must Stay at your House Today”
Jesus entered the city and made His way through, measured and purposeful. Zaccheus was almost frenetic, his desire…