Daily writing promptWhat are you good at?View all responses I love to tell stories. I started a blog just to fill it with stories that inspire, encourage, and motivate people to see the goodness of God in the land of the living. Stories remind us that what occurs for one person can happen for another... Continue Reading →
Walk the Road to Emmaus with Jesus: A Devotional
Luke 24: 25-32 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. As they approached... Continue Reading →
What an Awesome God We Serve: Monday Devotional
Paris, France, May 2023 Psalm 65: 5-8 You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas, who formed the mountains by your power, having armed yourself with strength, who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and... Continue Reading →
Having Tree-Like Faith: Sunday Devotion
Hilton Head, South Carolina, 2023 Jeremiah 17:7-8: But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes;its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year... Continue Reading →
I Love the Perseverance of the Tortoise
Bloganuary writing promptWhat is your favorite animal?View all responses As a child, I loved the story of the Hare and the Tortoise by Aesop. You think the tortoise has no chance to win, but you keep reading. When the tortoise won, I rejoiced because I don't like proud people or hares. I liked how the... Continue Reading →
Finding the Strength to Endure in a Faith Community: Sunday Devotion
Hebrews 10: 23-25 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.... Continue Reading →
Take Heart! Jesus Has Got You!
Luke 8: 40-48 As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. “Who touched me?” Jesus asked. When they all denied it,... Continue Reading →
When Faith is Tested, Jump!
Archie leaped into the air and grabbed at it with fervor, and he hung on to the end of the chain with every ounce of his energy. It hadn't registered with him that one day as he swung from the old tree swing, the spike holding it to the tree might break and send him... Continue Reading →
A Firm Faith to Stand on God’s Words
A fountain in Corbevoie, a suburb of Paris, France, May 2023 Isaiah 7:9 “Unless your faith is firm, I cannot make you stand firm.” When King Ahaz of Judah learned that the two kings of Syria and Israel were planning to attack Jerusalem, he and his people were scared, trembling “like trees shaking in a... Continue Reading →
Hold On! Help is on the Way!
Statue in Porto, Portugal dedicated to the men who go to sea and their families John 5: 5-9 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 