She always had good intentions. She loved to make lists, and it’s proven that goals drive us to success, or at least they give us reason to try, so she’d pull out paper and pen and ink six resolutions for the new year. Funny thing was, they often were the same as the year before. Eat better. Exercise more. Spend …
The Rest of the Christmas Story: The Part You Play
He was old. And tired. But the Holy Spirit directed him to come. She was old. And tired. But she never left the Temple. At eighty-four, she had spent most for her life widowed, night and day worshiping and fasting. They were saints. Prophets. Not known by many. But known by God and used by Him. When the Son of …
What You Should Do When You Need Hope
You don’t realize how much you need hope until yours is gone. It’s like air in our lungs. We can’t live without it. Google’s [archaic] definition of hope is “a feeling of trust.” It’s true isn’t it? Hope is more than a feeling of expectation. It involves belief, faith . . . trust. Emily Dickinson wrote: Hope is the thing with feathers That …
Help to Calm Your Fearful Heart
WE all do it. We don’t want to. But even the strongest of saints have their days when something happens, or information is given that causes fear to arise in their hearts. It happened to me the other day, and along with the fear came a sadness about the future that is totally ridiculous because I’m forming the future in …
How to Survive Thanksgiving and Black Friday {Believer’s Bounty}
My eyes sprung open. I looked at the clock to see 3:00 AM staring back at me. I groaned and turned over, re-positioned to ease the ache in my hip, and began to pray as I always do when I wake before 5:00. It’s not holiness that prompts my petitions. It’s a determination to frustrate the enemy if …