“He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 (NIV) The prayer seeps through my pen and onto my page: “Lord, renew my awareness of Your presence. A fresh infilling of You in me. A gentle, peaceful work…
She knew the rules, followed the rules and then still got in trouble … with me. Her senior year my husband and I had lifted our youngest daughter’s curfew. In a few short months when she left for college, we would have no idea where she was going or what she was doing. It…
When I am lost and afraid, You are my comforter. I am not giving up. Every time oxygen enters my lungs and I exhale, it is a sign that You are my provider. Every day I choose to open my eyes once more, You are still there. I will not forget that You are still here,…
Some days it’s just plain hard to stop it. The video running in my head. The day I yelled at my child. The afternoon when I missed it, thinking the big thing was really a little thing. If I don’t push the stop button, the scenes will play on and on, finishing with one…
I’m what some might call a “half-full” type of gal. Looking on the positive side comes natural for me. Sometimes in life though, there is no bright side to look on. This is exactly the place where the Israelites are at. In Exodus 6:3, God is speaking to Moses: “I appeared to Abraham, to…
“You don’t know what you’re asking.” Have you ever wanted to say this to your child when the request they have is so big it teeters on crazy? Jesus didn’t just think these words when the mom of James and John came to Him with her enormous request. He came right out and said…