Whatever takes up ownership in your heart, above God, has become your idol. Our idols are the undetected goodness our lives have been gifted. The problem isn’t its existence, but how it takes up your life. The hole this creates in one’s heart is dumbfounded because it's camouflaged with the essence of your God-given desires.… Continue reading Camouflaged Idols.
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How to avoid a leech? Don’t go in the Lake!
For the past week, my son has had a bad word lodged in his mind. Several times a day, he gets frustrated and asks me what to do. I reviewed the many ways with him, yet he has not succeeded, and as his mind quietens, the bad word comes back to plague him. With sincere… Continue reading How to avoid a leech? Don’t go in the Lake!
Idols Stunt Us.
Reading through the obituary, I was blindsided by the words, “She took her own life.” Her life was no longer what she hoped it to be, was the explanation left for the life she ended. Stunned, and confused, one word resided in my heart; idols. Idols stunt us from the life we were meant to… Continue reading Idols Stunt Us.
Eye Locked with Jesus
“ Trembling and falling down before Him, she declared to Him in the presence of all the people the reason she had touched Him and how she was healed immediately. And He said to her, “ Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” Mark 8:47-48.The woman who suffered twelve… Continue reading Eye Locked with Jesus
Boredom Kits
When we were kids, my brother Trey and I decided to make boredom kits. The purpose was to fulfill the obvious: distract us from being bored. I don’t remember much about these kits except that we challenged ourselves to memorize scripture. We made it so far as memorizing one, but then our boredom kit became… Continue reading Boredom Kits
If God is real, why is there evil?
“ If God is real, then why does He allow so much evil?” This morning while reading through Jeremiah 5, 22-24, I was profoundly intrigued. “I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass… Continue reading If God is real, why is there evil?
A Saints Den.
There in the silence, stood a little old church. Raggedy red curtains blowing with the wind gave way to a Saint’s den. It held none of the same material measures as the many Italian Churches preceding it. This one held so much more. This church was measured by prayerful sweat and tears. Pictured in my… Continue reading A Saints Den.
Good Friday ~Communion with God
Overtaken with emotion, my husband and I embraced our eldest daughter, taking communion for her first time. Wanting to make sure she fully understood the significance of this moment, I asked her a few questions regarding her faith. With a genuine heart she peered up at me and said, “mom Jesus is my best friend.” I… Continue reading Good Friday ~Communion with God
Prepared a Place for you.
“ I’m going away on a long fishing trip, but I’ll come back for you.” Thirty years ago, these words fell into the heart of a very believing daughter, from the mouth of her very own father. I never questioned him at the moment. It was really quite simple. He was going fishing, he does… Continue reading Prepared a Place for you.
Broken
In my house, something isn’t replaced until it is broken beyond repair. Some things of great age, like our furnace, I pray never break. In other instances, a great rejoicing has taken place when other material items have finally broken. Desperate to be rid of the old and it's less than stellar operation, and on… Continue reading Broken
