By Kimberly Rae – For Becky McDonald, president and founder of Women At Risk International, the passion to rescue oppressed and broken women began when she was a fourteen-year-old MK (missionary kid) in Bangladesh, when a young woman named Neehru was “dumped at my feet.” Some men in Neehru’s family
“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” ~ Henry David Thoreau ~ Under my feet, my piece of heaven has thistles galore and I spend a lot of time chopping those thistles. I’ve been told thistles are a bi-annual crop…and I use the word “crop” loosely…and need
My cup and my heart overflow with thanksgiving today for more reasons than I have time or space to share. But I thought I’d cite my Top Ten on this Thursday morning as a way to thank God publicly for His abundant blessings. Thank you, Lord, for … 1. Leading
I left us last week with society falling apart and the need to find refuge in chaos. I’m glad I had another week to ponder it all… even if the pondering was done eating crackers and nibbling candied ginger. Those were some powerful antibiotics. The extra time helped me ponder
It’s been a week or three of remembering to breath; autumn is in the air, temps are falling, humidity is falling, leaves are starting to turn. Yep, autumn is on the way, although, to be sure, there are still plenty of days with heat left to enjoy. The garden isn’t
In February of 2011, Lydia at Crown of Beauty is a stone collector. Not like the stone collectors in the university geology department – but a Joshua-like stone collector. “My stones are personal ones, reminders of certain special events in my life of faith. Somehow these stones remind me of
“Nature is the living, visible garment of God.” ~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe It’s easy to see God’s handiwork in a juicy peach or the mesmerizing glow of a setting sun. I can easily meditate on His goodness while savoring farm-fresh veggies straight from the Farmer’s Market or when
“You will keep Him in perfect peace whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.” ~ Isaiah 26-3 ~ “The mind never puts forth greater power over itself than when, in great trials, it yields up calmly its desires, affections, interests to God. There are seasons when to be
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain… Psalm 127:1a (ESV) This past week we celebrated our 38th anniversary. How did that happen??? Where did all of those years go? Well, it was lived one day at a time and that is how we made
Note: The Robin Hood part was written in early July during my surgery convalescence when I had the opportunity to watch movies, i.e. Robin Hood – all versions, but especially my favorite. I kept wondering what God wanted me to do with it and today He let me know. This
“If they don’t let us in, you’ll talk to them, won’t you mom?” My son asked. “Like you did before.” This was summer; we’d just moved back “home” after our 2 year journey some-other-place. During our tenure away, the school board had redistricted so that many families who lived 2
I’m still under the weather due to these antibiotics. Well, to be honest… I am miserable. But that usually means they are working to rid the body of the dreaded infections. My long time friend, Sheila, brought veggie lasagna and soup (and chocolate chip cookies) over for our dinner yesterday.
“God is not man that he should lie, or a son of man that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? ~ Numbers 23:19 ~ Through the pitch-black night, the Captain sees a
“The man who says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.“ 1 John 2:4 Are you a liar? Hmmm….. Do you claim to know Christ, but yet you fail to do what He tells us to do?
By Deborah McCarragher – Godly provision often comes in unique ways, from odd sources and always at just the right time. Are you yearning for something from God just now? Perhaps you’re waiting for an answer to prayer… a job, a marriage, a prodigal? You might be hoping for a
A few days ago I asked God to talk to me – he immediately gave me a picture of someone carrying a cross and the verse “And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple” Luke 14:27. So I sketched down the picture and
As I drink my morning coffee, I chuckle as I recall my teen years. How many remember the fad in the 60’s of putting Vaseline on your eyelashes? We thought it would condition the lashes and make them shine! So of course I felt I had better try it. To
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful
By Nancie Carmichael – Lately I’ve been captivated by the lives and writings of the early saints. Three of them, especially, are speaking to me. I say “speaking to me” in that I am reading their writings, their biographies and I’m surprised as well as reassured to see that their
By CarolMarie Smith – “Give me just one drink”, I pleaded with my little sister who had patiently nursed her soda pop as we rode down the road. As children, we never had these “soft drinks” in our home, (we were a kool-aid family) and the only time we had
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