Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about what happens to you. 1 Pt 5:7 NLT My mornings begin with a very large cup of coffee (so large that my family calls it a tankard) and a sit-down session with Jesus. He is my num ...
Nick Of Time
You are my God. My times are in Your hand. Psalm 31:14-15 I am a pearl girl. My sweet husband knows this, so he gave me a beautiful long strand of pearls when I gave birth to my firstborn twenty-five years ago. When my second child arrived, he bought ...
Visionland
Where there is no vision the people perish. Proverbs 29:18 KJV The new Director of Children’s Ministries at church was very persuasive. She asked me to be in charge of Bonus Days. It was tempting because it was a cool new activity for middle ...
Perfect Peace
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on You! Isaiah 26:3 NLT My friend Donna is a threat to the kingdom of darkness. The light of Christ shines so brightly from her big blue eyes that it’s sometimes har ...
Count Your Blessings
Through many Thanksgivings, I’ve found that counting my blessings has curative powers. Several years ago, when I was struggling to cultivate a grateful heart, God helped me find a way to be thankful that had little to do with my earthly circumstances. My ...
Just Desserts
Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts. Proverbs 4:23 GNT Jackson was a Senior, and we were well into the fall season. After 12 years of life according to an academic calendar, I had come to anticipate the usual sequence ...