Have you ever read a promise in the Bible and had a ‘Yes, but’ thought? Have you ever been doubtful about Jesus’ promise that those who keep on asking will receive? That those who keep seeking will find? That those who keep knocking will get the door opened for them? Does it seem like a…
Category: Inspiration
Five things to do when your heart breaks for someone who was hurt
Dear Husband and I had a happy Mother’s Day morning teaching Bible to preteens at our church. But the afternoon brought a double dose of sadness. Two phone calls from family members broke our hearts. There was nothing we could do to stop them from being hurt. So what do we do? Here are five…
Gentle Hearted
Many thanks to my guest artist, Michele Sherwood, for these adorable images. I was suddenly a motherless sixteen-year-old with a physically and emotionally absent father in another state. I could have been dangerously vulnerable, an easy target for someone with bad intent. But, instead, God put many people around me who cared. They were…
Positive
Last week a close family member had a terrible accident. God spared his life in spite of many serious injuries. The weight of his condition has been heavy on all of us, especially his mom and sisters. Something his mom said caused me to evaluate my own thinking. She told us how the negative talk…
Welcome
Easter afternoon promised to be quiet (ok, I admit it- lonely). We had already celebrated Easter early with one of our sons and his family, and the other adult kid who lives in our area needed to celebrate with a widowed in-law. We had resigned ourselves to a boring Easter afternoon after church. But a…