Love. It’s a word that stirs up different images and feelings for each of us. A word defined by culture. I think our grandparents or great-grandparents would define it differently than we. For me, the word “love” evokes a warm feeling in my heart. Security, acceptance, provision, and desire. To be loved is to be desired. Is this what …
Bite of Bread: The Power of Praise
They were two ordinary ladies–I can’t remember their names. I can barely remember what they looked like, but I will never forget their message given almost thirty years ago. No other sermon has affected me as theirs. Their words were revolutionary. Freeing. Empowering. No, they weren’t preaching about women’s rights. Their message was freeing to all man and womankind. It …
Three Steps to living a more purposeful life
Thirteen men sat around a table. It was their last night together, and the Rabbi had much left to say. He had walked with these men for three years, teaching them everything He could, and demonstrating the power of God pumping through His veins. But tonight they needed to be prepared for what was about to come. It was unfathomable …
Celebrating my Soldier on Veterans Day
I was not going to date one of those soldiers much less marry one! That was my firm stance. After accepting a job teaching middle school Language Arts on a Army post in Texas, I refuted the prophecy of the superintendent hiring me. He predicted I would be a military wife in two years. And he was right. A tall, …
Bite of Bread: Attached to the Vine
Do you ever have days when God tells you to do something, but you really don’t want to? Do you have those days when all is well, but your heart feels heavy, and you don’t know why? Are you sick? Tired? Sick and tired of being sick and tired? Is the mental battle great? Well, my friends, if you answered …