Is it heretical to promote eating oatmeal for breakfast on Monday and write about buttermilk pancakes on Friday? Perhaps. In defense however, I have maintained a healthier eating style this week, and I’ve fed my spirit (most mornings). I’ve been drinking Living Water. But my story of buttermilk pancakes just might give someone the hope they need today. So, it’s …
Word Wednesday: Are you really Blessed? (Makarios)
Now Thomas (also known as Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord! But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will …
Word Wednesday: When Jesus doesn’t Save you Like you Plan/ Hosanna
Has Jesus ever disappointed you? Are your plans not working out? You’re not alone. We celebrate Jesus’ final entry into Jerusalem as “Palm Sunday” because the people threw their coats on the road for a make-shift red carpet, and they tore off palm branches to wave in the air as they yelled, “Hosanna! Hosanna!” I remember teaching this for …
3 Steps to Balance the Daily Grind with Eternal Works
As a stay-at-home mom and writer, the pressures of this world’s duties tug at my pant leg while I desire to be doing eternal things. Laundry doesn’t seem to hold heavenly weight, yet it must get done. I know, I can pray for each person whose socks I fold, but I’d rather be writing a Bible study. I’ve always related to …
When there is no solution to your problem, give up.
You’ve racked your brain trying to think of a solution, and despite your brilliance, there is none. No way out. No hope. Sigh. Cry. “What are we gonna do?” you asked. Oh, I’ve been there. I’ve struggled so hard to find a way through a problem that my head literally hurt. And at that point, exhausted and frustrated, I …