I love helping other people. It is an area where I have always felt called to step out. I even made a career of it. Compassion has always been a gift that God has given me, the ability to see most people through His eyes. Every now and then I will come across someone that... Continue Reading →
Perfect Patience
“Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.” 1 Timothy 1:16 God wants to display His perfect patience in me. I admit I don’t do a good job... Continue Reading →
Life’s Painting
We have an amazing opportunity in our community that allows people with no artistic ability to create their own painting. It is a guided process that takes you step by step, technique by technique for a single painting. The business often does fundraisers for nonprofits, where a portion of the money collected is given... Continue Reading →
Delayed Promises or God’s Timing
Genesis 40:14-15 (NLT) “And please remember me and do me a favor when things go well for you. Mention me to Pharaoh, so he might let me out of this place. For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I’m here in prison, but I did nothing to deserve it.” For two... Continue Reading →
The Esau Generation
Genesis 25:27-34 As the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter. He was an outdoors man, but Jacob had a quiet temperament, preferring to stay at home. Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed eating the wild game Esau brought home, but Rebekah loved Jacob. One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived... Continue Reading →
Focus of Faith
Sometimes our walk of faith doesn't look much like a journey of faith as we are walking it out. I have experienced this personally and have heard others talk about how they had so many doubts and fears as they embarked on the journey God placed before them. Then I hear that they could have... Continue Reading →
Hold
To have an to hold....... till death do us part I have been married for fifteen years, while it hasn't always been perfect, and we haven't always got it right, I have to say that the place where I feel most safe physically is when I am being held by my husband. Whether it is... Continue Reading →
Wait on the Lord
Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord! Psalms 27:14 (NKJV) Our society has taught us that we should expect things immediately. Three minutes for a meal for the family through a drive through is the goal for most chains. Thirty minutes to... Continue Reading →
Don’t Be Weary
Jeremiah 12:5 "If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, in which you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do in the jungle of the Jordan?" I realized today as I read this scripture, that... Continue Reading →
This Place
I realize I have so much still to learn I am faced with this, everywhere I turn. Looking through a mirror not even big enough to see my face How long will I be stuck in this place? I can't see more than a small piece at a time I just don't want Your presence... Continue Reading →