Many of us have heard about the revival that broke out at Asbury College in Kentucky. It started with a normal chapel service but the worship music spontaneously kept going with others joining until the town couldn’t hold the visitors. Worship, prayer, and confession overflowed. Young people with hearts for lifting God up and getting…
Category: Inspiration
Spreading Encouragement
Every morning at about 7:30 we get a text. And every morning I’m so glad to get that text because I know it’s dear Husband’s brother sending a group text with part of a chapter of Psalms or Proverbs and a heartfelt prayer. The reading is water for our thirsty souls. It’s a remedy for…
Have to or Get to?
It’s almost Valentine’s Day. Do you feel you have to give a Valentine’s gift because it’s obligatory? Or do you feel you get to give a gift as an expression of your love and appreciation? On the flip side, do you want your spouse to be an order filler, simply getting you what you want…
Earnest
We all have heroes- people who do with great success things we admire. An ancient king is one of my heroes. Would you think it weird if I told you that I admire someone who destroyed public statues and deposed his own grandmother from her high position in government? What if I told you that…
Priceless
Around the turn of the 20th century, my great uncle bought an exquisite necklace with a small watch on it in Paris. The chain was embedded with amethyst and the watch was delicate. He gave it to his beloved wife, my mother’s aunt. Somehow my mother came to own it and much later it came…