Can I PLEASE Get Just a Touch of Compassion?? Ephesians 3:12 “Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts…” (ESV) Have you been or seen “That Mom?” You know, the Mom in public with a war zone on wheels? The one begging (like I was that fateful day) “Can I please […]
Gal 4:6-7 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. (ESV) Our girls have trained our two-year old, (he’s actually 3 now) Samuel […]
Dukin’ it Out…on the Inside So, what do you do when your own worst enemy is…well, YOU? It is so hard to come to the realization that we turn a blind eye to sin in our lives. Or maybe we bought into a script of lies. Sometimes the deception is quickly exposed, but other times […]
4 Reasons Fifty Shades of Grey Will Not Spice Up Your Sex Life Fifty Shades of Grey is a box office hit before it even hit the box office for Valentine’s Day. I can’t say that I’m surprised that over 100,000 million (give or take) are interested in this trashy erotica. But the part that […]
Walls of a “Frigid Wife” Aren’t Built in a Day “I’m tired. I spent all day building walls.” My husband is a pastor/contractor, and sometimes he says things that starts the gears a-turnin’ in my writer’s brain. Though he meant this statement in the literal sense, I began thinking over the figurative implications of it…all of […]
You Are a Part of Something BIG Let me say that again… You (yes, YOU) are a part of something BIG—much bigger than yourself, in fact. But in this rat-race called life, we often don’t see that “big picture.” Too often we are blinded by our own humanity. It groans within us for that “pie […]
(Prompt: Leave It Behind as a part of Suzanne Eller’s #livefree Thursday linkup) And Linking up Friday with Grace and Truth Today Blotting Out Control Isaiah 43:25 “I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.” Well, you can definitely say I have […]
Has it happened to you? You were once in the inner circle of someone’s life and everything abruptly changed. Not the kind of change where you just lose contact over the years. The kind of change where, all of a sudden, your friend says, “I’m done”. I have had lots of friendships in my life and some were God […]
Don’t Hit the “Easy Button” Matthew 7:13-14 13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy[a] that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. […]
I had the privilege of doing a guest post for Wendy van Eyck of ilovedevotionals.com. So what does a zip line, teen camp and Exodus 4:12-13 have in common? Exodus 4:12-13 “Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.” But he said, “Oh, my Lord, please […]
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