I came across this in a journal of mine. I’m uncertain where I found this or whether I actually journaled it at the time, but I wanted to pass it along to you. And even though we are in the last week of January, I thought it was still timely. Enjoy & God Bless! 5 Easy [...]
The past few weeks have been precarious ones for me. I’ve faced many challenges, many moments of character-testing and haven’t handled some of these challenges with the grace and trust of a daughter of the King. These are the moments that define us – how we behave when we are put in uncomfortable, unsettling situations. [...]
Enjoy this guest post by Rich Galbreath of www.ourgodspeaks.org. You’ve heard it said that we are who we are today because of the choices we’ve made. Our circumstances today are also, to a large degree, a direct result of many, many personal decisions. And so we may find ourselves today, or in the near future, at [...]
God placed a wonderful book and Bible study into my hands just a couple weeks ago called, As Silver Refined, Answers to Life’s Disappointments, written by Kay Arthur. To say the timing of finding this book is perfect is an understatement. God is so awesome that way, isn’t He? The chapter I began reading last night is [...]
Plain and simple – I love petunias. So did my Grandma. I remember their soft petals blooming profusely from her garden. If wave petunias were around then, she would have had the best baskets in the city. I could go on and about the attributes of petunias…their sweet aroma and silky, funnel-shaped petals, their longevity [...]
I’ve been on a junk food binge lately (primarily sweets) I decided to do some research and come up with a routine of positive things to help me live a healthier life. I know I have to take care of myself if I am to accomplish the work God has given me to do. While [...]
This post was written by my husband, Rich, who blogs at www.ourgodspeaks.org. It’s an amazing story of answered prayer that I am so thankful for! This one’s for lovers of dogs… and lovers of God. For two weeks, our family has watched our beloved little 7-year old min pin, Pixie, lose weight and strength and joy [...]
There are so many other Biblical characters who overcame fear to obey the Lord. There were famous characters like Noah who braved insult after insult for many, many years to obey God and build an ark in the middle of the desert, and Daniel, who held strongly to his faith, obeying the Lord, even though [...]
Abraham What God asked Abraham to do was no small feat. He asked him to leave everything he was familiar with to go to a strange land. God said, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you…” (Genesis 12:1) Abraham obeyed. Then his [...]
I’ll never forget the first time I was asked to give a speech in front of an audience. Terrified doesn’t even begin to describe how I felt. The women who asked me to speak called the speech a “talk,” but I wasn’t fooled – not for one moment. I knew what it was; it was [...]
I attended a Bible study this week and during the devotional, God gave me a nugget of truth that I plan to carry in my heart from now on. The passage is one I’ve read and heard numerous times, yet this nugget of truth remained unseen and unheard…until now. God’s timing is perfect, and as I write this there’s a [...]
I love this photo. Aren’t there some days when we feel like this elephant, trying to balance on a beach ball. Another good scenario is trying to walk on a balance beam 24/7. Doesn’t life just feel like that some days? Maybe most days? For me – the girl with absolutely no physical balance (ummm…never [...]
Part 2 Last post I confessed my tendency to use something good (organizing) to prevent me from reaching my dreams and doing the work God assigned me to do. Did you take the time to evaluate your own activities? Is there an activity that keeps you from doing something you know God has assigned you [...]
