I have just finished reading Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God about the amazing life of Oswald Chambers, the author of the famed My Utmost for His Highest. In this incredible book that traced his life from birth to death, he speaks multiple times about “God’s parentheses”. In this he is “highlighting the significance of God’s …
“Behold I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest.” John 4:35b I don’t know about you, but I am one of those focused people. When I get started on a task, I become a different person. Ask my children or my husband! I …
Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what he has made crooked? Ecclesiastes 7:13 Living where I have lived, I have more than once, found myself careening down some pretty frightening crooked roads. You know, the kind where you can't see around the next bend or hill and you find yourself white-knuckled gripping the …
Casting all your cares on Him, for He cares for you 1 Peter 5:7 I love the picturesque word of God that speaks to our humanness and need. I see this Scripture and I imagine, someone casting a heavy net or anchor off into the deep. Verse by Verse Commentary* uses a variety of words …
I’m not much a thrill-seeker when it comes to amusement parks. You won’t find me standing in line for hours to be dropped at 400 mph 400 feet! I won’t be buying fast-passes to ride the reverse loop-da-loop coasters that make you lose more than your lunch! No, I am happy to sit on the …
What I know about escape rooms I learned from television, which is probably not the best source of information. Basically, several years ago, someone came up with the idea of locking a group of people in a room with a timer running, and providing them with a series of clues which leads to the key …
During our recent stay in the San Diego, California area visiting a new supporting church, God in His divine plans, placed us in a small cottage behind the home of a member of the church. This little home-away-from-home became a place of healing and rest for us. But, more than that, God gave us a …
Has it been a year?..... I feel a bit like Samson as I sit down to write today! My hair is growing back and with it my strength is returning. 🙂 The past year seems like a distant blur. As I read through the blogposts I had written it is almost surreal to think of …
The trees are slowly budding, the flowers slowly blooming, the songbirds are returning and the world is awakening. It is a time of renewal after a long period of darkness and cold. There are signs of new life all around us, lifting our spirits and reminding us that He fulfills His promises and renews the …
"...He will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair." Isaiah 61:3 It feels like the fiery assault of the past few months of the mourning and despair of chemotherapy have calmed down and what is left is a pile of ashes. And yet, in …
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