WHEN WE TRUST IN HIM

“I trust You, God. Even when I do not understand, I trust You.” This has been my constant prayer as I’ve encountered personal challenges, family heartaches, and unsettling world events. It’s a choice, really. A choice to trust the One who holds us in the palm of His hand. Isaiah 55:9 says, “As the heavens […]

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

I used to be like most people in the check-out line, waiting impatiently for the checker to scan my items and bag them so I could be on my way. Then, one day a few years ago, I actually stopped long enough to look at the person scanning my groceries…really look at them. And what […]

All In and In Step

We’d been fishing for nearly an hour when my grown son leaned over and said, “Uh, Mom, do you still have bait on your line?”  “Oh, yeah,” I replied, confidently. “I’m sure I do.” Then my son asked, “Do you have a weight on your line? Most of the fish are at the bottom.”  Reeling […]

It Is Written

“You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.” (Matthew 4:10) It’s just like the enemy to wait until we are most vulnerable, before creeping in to cast doubt and confusion, isn’t it? Upon the weary mother, he whispers, “You don’t have what it takes.” Or, to the struggling student, he says, “Give […]

In the Love of Jesus

In case you haven’t noticed, things are changing in this world. On every continent, in every city, and within every heart, something is stirring. For some of us, it is an unwelcome stirring that we’d rather ignore, as we continue doing what we’ve always done. Yet, others of us are sensing a mighty stirring to […]