By Lucille Zimmerman – People without a healthy sense of self try too hard to please others. They focus on what they think will please others; so much so that they don’t live the life God designed for them. They give their power away, they compare themselves to others, and
By Marlon Ramos, Maricar Cinco Philippine Daily Inquirer 12:20 am | Monday, November 18th, 2013 TACLOBAN CITY—A woman stood in front of the altar at Santo Niño Parish Church here on Sunday, unmindful of the rain falling on her from the damaged ceiling of the century-old church that had its roof ripped off by Super
By Beth Havey – Like Jimmy Stewart in “It’s A Wonderful Life,” did you ever ask the universe or your spouse: “Why do we have to have all these kids?” There are so many wonderful answers—love, desire for family, wanting to share your experience of life. As we age, we realize
By Grace Fox – Rehearsals complete and props constructed, the night of the annual Christmas Sunday school program had finally arrived. “And in the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields, and keeping watch over their flock by night,” read the narrator. A cluster of wee
We are in the middle of a remodel. Dust is everywhere. Screeching saws cut everything from wallboard to wood to tile. My husband and I are crammed into our guest bedroom, and to get fresh clothes, we have to step over various machines, bags of mysterious powders, and try not
By Heidi McLaughlin – I heard strange muffled sounds coming from behind my parent’s bedroom room door. What was going on in there? As I put my ear closer to the door I realized it was the sound of my mother praying. During my rebellious teenage years, as I snuck
By Heidi McLaughlin – “I work with you every day and I can’t believe how perfect you are.” My colleague’s words put a smug smile on my face and made my chest puff with satisfaction and pride. As I turned around and walked away I silently patted myself on the
By Gina Burgess – Numerous times God has spoken to me or given me a delight for encouragement. Oh, not out loud, but in such a way I knew it was Him talking to me. I was on my teeth-grinding drive home from Arizona after my second husband decided he
By Barb Franzen – Lord, here sit at 6:45 a.m. a peaceful time of day for talking with you. It’s quiet outside the way I like it. There’s just a bit of snow in the street. My coffee cup is to my right. The office here is scattered with paper,
Excerpt from “God Will Carry You Through” By Max Lucado – John Glenn knows how to fly a fighter jet. He completed fifty-nine missions in World War II and ninety in the Korean War. He knows how to fly fast. He was the first pilot to average supersonic speed on
By Lynn Mosher – Something has been bugging me lately and I feel compelled (or maybe it’s led) to write about it. Are we thankful in our trials and circumstances or are we thankful for them? I always hear people say that the Bible tells us to be thankful in
By Dr. Linda Mintle – For years, my children did not know there was a large shopping bag overstuffed with presents secretly stashed away in my bedroom closet. By the time December hit, I had a mountain of bargain finds, admired goodies and technical toys to die for tucked away
By Heidi McLaughlin – I was the prodigal daughter. I did not actually eat with the pigs, like the story of the prodigal son in the bible, but I certainly feasted on my own selfishness. At the wise old age of seventeen I bravely confronted my parents and told them:
By Grace Fox – I’m a houseplant killer. Not intentionally, of course. It just seems that entering our home inevitably brings a death sentence to plants of all kinds. It’s only a matter of time. I happened to mention this during my final speaking session at a recent women’s retreat.
By Gina Burgess – David sings a song of rejoicing and supplication in his prayer Psalm 86. We can learn so very much about how to live daily within the perfect realm of God’s will from this psalm. David has a wonderful way of supplication and reasons for his requests
By Mary Hudson – You may have seen the movie “Happy Feet.” As the story line goes, an emperor penguin named Mumble is born into a tribe of penguins. Traditionally, the only way these Antarctic birds can find their soul mates is by singing a “heart song.” If the male penguin’s song
I love lists. I make one out every night about what I need to accomplish the next day. They keep me organized. What a list can’t do is keep me positive. I can write a quote on my list. I can search for a new positive quote on Google. I can
This post is the first in a short series, “Ancient Wisdom for Today’s Woman.” Each post will highlight a verse from Proverbs and explore how Christian women can apply it to our lives today. None of us would purposefully drive our car through our living room window, set our bedroom
How do you recognize that worry is eating away at you? Is it the knot in your stomach? The sense of dread as you think about a situation in your life? Do you find yourself waking up at night, unable to sleep, rehashing what might happen, how you will cope,
By Vicki Norris – I found a basket of pears in my garage a few weeks ago that I had forgotten about. I had picked them from the orchard and was letting them ripen in the basket. By that time, most were over-ripe and I was dealing with a mess.
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