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God Is Working
This is a true story, but not my story. It is a story of sorrow but also joy! I once had a good friend I will call Pat. She developed lymphoma, but treatments and surgeries were not successful. Sadly, in 2022, she was sent home to die. Even sadder, though, was her...
Running My Race
“Let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus…" Hebrews 12:1-2 Someone very wise and close to me once said, “ When I meet Jesus, I want to meet Him on my knees,...
The Great Yet
I recently read a verse that made me pause, re-read, and consider because the verse felt like a hug. It was the kind of thing you read at just the right time, in just the right place, and it was so comforting for me at that moment. The verse is Isaiah 54:10, and it...
SHALOM
"Shalom!" One of my ministry partners in West Africa often ends her messages with "Shalom!" I smile and whisper a heartfelt "Shalom, dear sister" in response. Gently gliding in the swing on my parent's back porch as a soft breeze cools my face brings me a sense of...
HE is; I am.
In a room full of people, surrounded by several conversations, I was off to myself; I had the same thought I had a thousand times before: "I am the background friend." You know, the one who never particularly fits in with any group of friends. I was only invited to...
This is the Day
"This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24 As the new year begins, many people will resolve to make a change or some type of personal commitment for the year 2024. Like others, I thought about the past year before the...
Prepare Him Room
I find it hard to believe another celebration of our Savior’s birth has come and gone for 2023, and we head into another new year! I love the Christmas story! I never get tired of hearing it. I reflected on the part where Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem to...
Newborn Hope
Babies exit the womb as tiny, wadded-up miracles of hope. They stretch, kick, and come clothed in wrinkles. Some enter the world with a resounding battle cry, ready to take on the world. Others must work up a good, attention-getting caterwaul. Yet, within each...
The Love Letter That was Never Opened
During the holidays, my sweet, nostalgic, romantic husband, Larry, loves to watch Hallmark Christmas movies. Of the two of us, I'll have to say he's the most nostalgic. He loves to remember a simpler time; he especially cherishes those moments on a Christmas card of a...
Cracks
I was walking and praying one night, and I saw cracks in concrete. Some places were small, some were larger, and some had developed into holes. As I walked and prayed, I was reminded of the Armor of God in Ephesians 6:10-18. I thought of times that I have had cracks...
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