Two years ago, at an incredible Sisters Retreat, in a little Bed & Breakfast in West Pointe, GA, we sisters gathered in a log cabin and sang sweet hymns, read several favorite passages of scripture and prayed together. The song that became the theme for the entire weekend was “The Wondrous Cross”. Still it…
Read moreI searched eagerly through the dictionary to find the word I had heard echoing through my mind as I spent time in prayer a while back. I had been praying to God specifically about areas of my life where I felt out of control and defeated. The sound of that one word…
Read more“Consider the lilies, how they grow.” (Matthew 6:28) One of my favorite devotional books is Streams in the Desert (Cowman, 1950). The other day, I read this interesting story about two monks. I will paraphrase… The first monk decided he needed oil, so he planted an olive tree sapling, then…
Read moreMy eight year old daughter knows that Jesus died on the cross for her sins, but there are still some mysteries in Christ’s life that puzzle her. This week, in Palm Sunday services, she heard the term “Good Friday” and immediately questioned me a bout this seemingly inappropriate name. Why…
Read more6And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Malachi 4:6a ESV Every time someone from our church has gone on a mission trip they always say that they went on the trip expecting to provide the blessing but in…
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