faith – Page 2 – Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength

Shepherd, Lamb, and Lion

Summer, 1955. A single mom struggles to make a life for herself and her pre-schooler after leaving her unfaithful husband. A shirttail relative takes her in until she can figure out what to do. She decides to swallow her pride and go home to her recently widowed mother in another city. She holds her head…

Hoping

My grandmother prayed every day for her wayward son, my father, from the day he ran away from home as a young teen until the day she died at age 90. My mother also prayed for my father every day of her sad marriage/separation until the day she died at age 55. I prayed for…

Unimpressive

Two childless old people and a young unwed mother from a low-income family. Not exactly power players on the world stage. No one could have guessed that they would change the course of human history. You or I wouldn’t have picked these three to be in the forefront of a mighty movement. The old couple’s …

Thanksgiving Meditations

May these lovely images and encouraging verses put a spring in your step today! Thankful for you, dear readers! Turkey photo credit Kalyn M.

I Accept

“I don’t like it. I’m sad. But I accept this.” At first, I had to say it out loud every time I thought about how much I missed my kitty. I said it out loud to help re-train my negative thoughts. So many times in the routine of my day, I’d miss Kitty Mack. The…

When We Don’t Get What We Pray For

We’ve had so many undeniable answers to our prayers lately. God provided a car that met our needs and our budget, (Sold the RV we lived in for a year while we built our house, then bought the car for that exact amount to the penny.) A man we didn’t know from our church did…