The saying is true … “when it rains, it pours.” And for some people, it has been raining hard. Today, as I was going over my prayer journal and calling out names that I had written down, I couldn’t help notice that so many families right now are going thru…
Read moreThere once was a little girl who saved her allowance until she had enough money to buy a pretty plastic pearl necklace. She loved that necklace so much that she wore them every day; only taking them off to take a bath. One day her daddy asked her, “Do you…
Read moreEight years ago I wrote a book. It was the result of two years of work. I laughed and cried as I wrote and sometimes stopped writing for months at a time because I couldn’t handle it emotionally. The book started out as a notebook full of memories that I…
Read moreThis past weekend I had the opportunity to speak at a women’s retreat. I thought I would share an overview of that study. The theme of the retreat was Rock of Ages. As I started pondering Rock of Ages, I thought foundation which lead me to the parable of the…
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So many thoughts whirling through my head; thoughts and pictures I tried to keep buried in the recesses of my mind over the years believing God could never redeem something so unredeemable, so broken and shameful. FLASHBACK . . . The belt came through the last loop with a loud…
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