“Delayed obedience is disobedience,” I have heard mothers recite while training their toddler. As mothers we want to teach our child to respond to our voice and to react. It is not because we have a desire to control them, it is because we have a desire to protect them…
Read more“I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:10 When I read the above verse I wonder sometimes how I can do more than just survive. Jesus tells me that He not only came to give me life, but that I…
Read moreI have recently enjoyed getting in touch with high school friends on Facebook. It is interesting to read “walls” of comments….and what people choose to write (even though anyone can read it!). I have gotten in touch with old classmates and it is interesting to see them now all grown…
Read moreEaster is over. The last notes of the uplifting songs of resurrection have faded away. The new clothes have been hung in the closet, the leftovers stored in the refrigerator. It is monday morning, and we are back into the usual routine. But perhaps this particular monday morning is different. Did…
Read more“But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.” ~ Isaiah 53:5 (ESV) Oh, and how deep His wounds were…it makes me shiver. This past week I watched the movie…
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