If we would make of list of all the things we are absolutely certain about, positively positive about, no room for doubt kind of things, and put it in a place of easy access to us, then everytime we are faced with a trouble, trial, or tribulation, pull it out…
Read moreOne recent morning, I was enjoying some “alone” time with God. I was pondering how much time I had (and hadn’t) been spending with the Lord this summer. I had not been spending time with the Lord on a DAILY basis. God used an image of a drink of water to illustrate…
Read moreI am the sort of person who tends to get caught up in a “works mentality” – measuring my worth by what I have done. I was the little girl who wanted approval – to be thought of as a good girl. It mattered very much to my little girl…
Read moreOswald Chambers wrote, “God does not give us overcoming life: He gives us life as we overcome. The strain is in the strength. If there is no strain, there is no strength.” You are probably tired of me using the devotional book, “My Utmost”–but I have to tell you, over…
Read moreI hate cancer. Can I say that again? I REALLY hate cancer. Yet amazingly I find myself unemotional about disease itself. I know that doesn’t make sense. Hate is a powerful emotion, but I think that’s God’s way of inserting his comfort and protecting me from being consumed by it.…
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