Far too often I find my mind is a battle field – faith and doubt warring in my heart. One of my memory verses is Psalm 32:7: “For You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory.” I sometimes say it as…
Read moreThe Lenten devotional email included the words of Ecclesiastes 3 and those words couldn’t have been more on target. It was a day when my daughter was attending the funeral for the mother of one of her closest friends as I was attending a wedding – a time to mourn…
Read moreTwenty years ago in the Spring of 1999, my husband and I took an anniversary trip to Ireland. It’s green rolling meadows lined with ancient stone fences mesmerized us. We fell in love with the people, the culture, and the food. We both dream of returning some day. One of…
Read morePrayer still works! I heard these words in my mind recently when I was putting away my groceries. It resonated almost as if someone had said it out loud. However, since I was alone in the kitchen I knew that wasn’t the case. It was the Holy Spirit speaking directly…
Read moreA few years’ back my husband and I had the unpleasant sensation of a driver ramming us from behind while we were stopped for a light. Life happens like that… Surprise, you have a melanoma to deal with. Surprise, your heart needs some stents. Surprise, your adult child loses his…
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