by lijadmin | Aug 30, 2020 | Living for Jesus - Service, Discipleship & Evangelism
Each month I serve Jesus by serving at a food drive at my church. I see a lot of the same people, mainly the elderly. These are people who worked hard all of their lives. They sacrificed so much for their families for many years. Every morning, before we serve...
by lijadmin | Aug 23, 2020 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
I loved chasing fireflies when I was a child. I loved chasing my cousins in a good game of Hide&Seek. I loved chasing the chickens around the yard – until the Mother hen would turn on me. I just loved a good chase! Now that I am not able to chase much of anything,...
by lijadmin | Aug 16, 2020 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
I am writing my blog this week with a pot of coffee. Life doesn’t come with an easy button, does it? I may drink the whole pot of coffee myself. Haha! We have had a blessed but full week here at the Oasis. Oasis is the name given to our home when we first moved...
by lijadmin | Aug 9, 2020 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love, Living for Jesus - Service, Discipleship & Evangelism
Have you ever stood totally blown away by someone’s overwhelming, unexpected kindness and goodness? My mind drifts back to a dreaded weekend right in the middle of May 2009. I had been invited to a three-day spiritual retreat, which I begrudgingly accepted. I was...
by lijadmin | Aug 2, 2020 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
Have you ever misunderstood something the Lord was saying to you? Well, at the beginning of this year, I kept asking God to give me a word to cling to in 2020. I wanted something from the Lord that I could focus on for a whole year. The word that kept revealing itself...