I couldn’t tell you exactly when the “scoreboard” was plugged in. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t staring down the scoreboard. Maybe some of us naturally bend toward keeping a record of deeds we’ve done or deeds others have done. This ongoing tabulation in my mind tries to keep up at…
*Welcome to those of you joining me from Proverbs 31 Ministries’ Encouragement for Today devotion When Life Gets Worse Before It Gets Better? (If you haven’t read or listened to the devotion (our brand new feature) click here. Be sure to stop by my Instagram today for the GIVEAWAY!) Had I entirely missed what God said, or was it…
“I can’t deny that God exists. I’ve seen and experienced too much to deny He’s there. I just don’t know if He’s good. I just don’t know if it’s worth it to follow Him anymore.” My friend was stunned by my admission. Those words revealed something I had not realized before. 1) I knew…
“A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.” Luke 6:45 (NLT) You can still hear it today; words were spoken by a teacher, parent, or…
How had it all happened? What had she started? It seemed like such a good idea at the time; the right idea. But then, as soon as Adam also took a bite, Eve knew. They both knew. They had been so very, very wrong. And now the damage was spinning out of control….
Temptation. This is a word I don’t often associate with my life. Now that I’ve hit my 50’s, I’ve come to think of temptation as something from a younger time. Yet, what was that thing I was struggling with as I gardened last weekend? That wresting to keep my thoughts from sliding the slippery slope…