Thankful Hearts

When I first began blogging, one of the highlights of my weekly adventures in blogland was “Thankful Thursdays”.  I would sit up late at night on Wednesday night getting my thankful thoughts ready to blog to the World Wide Web. I stayed with it for a long time–but there came…

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Desert Places

  The desert is a relentless, unforgiving place.  When we find ourselves in this place, doubt, deception and depression can easily fill the empty places of our soul. It’s hard to imagine, but the Lord does have His purposes for those desert places.  That’s when He desires us to cling…

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If It’s Possible…..

If I’m honest, I have to admit it. It’s not easy to always live at peace with everyone. People can be foolish, angry, bossy, hostile, offensive, stuck-up, needy. Some people push our buttons. Sometimes it’s deliberate. Other times it’s unintentional.  The  to-do list of behavioral mandates the Apostle Paul gives us…

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His Plan

  With an inner clock set in motion by the One whose word brought them into being, they know it is time to return. When the days warm to just the right temperature, I see them hovering around the empty space where the hummingbird feeder hung all last summer. In…

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