Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.Colossians 3:2 It's been a very long time since I wrote a migraine post, so today's the day. My migraine journey is intertwined with my walk with the Lord, so I can't really write about one without the other. Things have … Continue reading Migraine and Forgetfulness
Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. (Psalms 63:3-4) Last week, Lord, we expressed our thanks for the gifts You've given. Today we thank You for being our God. For … Continue reading Tuesday Prayer: Our God
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. (James 1:17) Father of Lights, today we give thanks to You for the amazing gifts You have given us. Often as we approach the holiday season, we … Continue reading Tuesday Prayer: Gratitude
My friends, it is crunch time for me. My hope is to post twice a week - Tuesday prayers and something different on either Thursday or Friday. However, a deadline is closing in on me. Before September 20, I need to get as much of the book edited as I can, polish the first 3 … Continue reading Tuesday Prayer: Free
First order of business: Congratulations are in order to the winner of the drawing for the book, Talking to Jesus by Jeannie Blackmer - M. Moltz! I have already contacted you by email and will get your prize in the mail this week. Congrats!! And now, on to some thoughts I had hoped to share … Continue reading Raffle Winner Announcement and Other Things
Love is patient and kind... (1 Corinthians 13:4a) I have the very greatest prayer partners on the face of the planet. No joke. Just this morning, two of us carried our coffee mugs down to the basement where we proceeded with a pre-dawn outcry before the Throne of Grace on behalf of our families, our … Continue reading Victim
If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night," even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you. (Psalms 139:11-12) To me, it is infinitely liberating and even comforting to know that my God … Continue reading Out of the Dark
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, … Continue reading In Appreciation of Pain, Part Three
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Hebrews 12:11 (If you missed the first installment of why I am thankful for a prolonged season of pain and want to check it out, you can find … Continue reading In Appreciation of Pain, Part Two
Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength … Continue reading Forty
Running the Race 