To be known by the people who profess to love us creates a sense of peace and belonging that satisfies our hungry and thirsty souls. That is the theme of the second psalm in the Psalm Wednesday series: Psalm 139. In this psalm, David demonstrates his adoration and admiration for his God, the One who... Continue Reading →
If we were having coffee this morning, I would tell you how much I worry that many of my grandchildren do not attend church or seem to have faith in God or even know Him. When I asked my daughter and one of my sons why they did not take their children to church as... Continue Reading →
I was sleeping in a broken down car, parked in a trash heap. Daily, I dressed in worn clothes and walked to the soup kitchen for lunch. Then, I grabbed some free bread for dinner and walked to work. Afterwards, I frequently had to walk home through the main drug district of the city. I... Continue Reading →
I started to lie to him, but God wouldn't let me. Douglas and I had been dating for months, but we never talked about marriage. We knew that each of us had been divorced, that we both had went online to the Christian dating site to find life partners who loved God, and that we... Continue Reading →
Who do you trust to help when troubles inevitably come? We need to know before troubles and sorrows come, because as surely as the sun rises in the morning and the moon lights the night sky, trials and tribulations will eventually touch our lives. The first psalm of this new feature called Psalm Wednesday highlights... Continue Reading →
People are what their mothers make them--Ralph Waldo Emerson Her name was Eloise, and I often wonder who she was, this woman who gave birth to me. She died in 1986, and I never learned anything about her past. What little she shared about where she was born and her maiden name has proven to... Continue Reading →
A stay in a mental hospital puts one's life in perspective. Twenty-eight days of intense counseling, multiple medicines with horrendous side effects, and the company of people who are as lost in their own worlds as you are in yours will change your priorities quickly. Time locked away from the rest of the world, especially... Continue Reading →
As I read the Psalms, I started to think that the psalmists may have been the original religious bloggers, meaning people who wrote about their lives, triumphs and defeats, and of how God had intervened to help them, to encourage others to believe that God is able to do the same for them. To encourage... Continue Reading →
One of my grandchildren's favorite questions when they saw me coming, and especially at Christmas, was, "What did you bring me?" I just laughed, because I did the same thing when I was their ages. But, as I read my Bible one day, I was struck by a woman who was more concerned about what she could... Continue Reading →
My husband has found the answer to receiving gifts that have to be returned or re-gifted in the future to other unsuspecting friends or family. This week, he came home with a big box and told me that it was my Christmas gift to him. I just needed to reimburse him the money spent,... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 