by lijadmin | Sep 7, 2020 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love, Living for Jesus - Service, Discipleship & Evangelism
Devotional reading: 1 Kings chapter 17-19 And the angel of the Lord came back the second time and touched him and said, “arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.” 1 Kings 19:7 This thing called life requires us to prepare for the journey...
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...
by lijadmin | Jul 26, 2020 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
“Give thanks to Him and praise His name. For Yahweh is good, and His love is eternal; His faithfulness endures through all generations.” Psalm 100:4b-5 HCSB A couple of weeks ago, my family received an unexpectedly positive pathology report on a dear family member. ...
