(Please feel free to share this image!) Years ago I was intrigued by grace. I studied it. I searched for it. And I prayed to understand it better. I really wanted to do this life with grace, gracefully and graciously. What I learned was that God’s grace encompasses everything. It’s not just for eternity, but it’s also for today. …
Finding Your Rhythm in a New Season
Can you feel it? Though it’s still HOT in North Carolina, and the leaves are still green. . . Though the water is still warm enough for this fair weathered swimmer to immerse her whole body into the ocean, and the insects still orchestrate a concert every night. . . Though I have no children to make peanut butter sandwiches …
Bite of Bread: Quench Your Thirst with the Living Water
Water. We can’t live without it. Everybody knows we need the physical kind, but many have no idea how spiritually dehydrated they are. Though we need water to survive in this world, we need the Living Water to live in the next. And once we allow Him to fill us here, we then become faucets for others to find …
5 Scriptures When You Need Hope
Psalm 121: I lift my eyes to the hills– where does my help come from? my help comes from the Lord, the Maker of Heaven and earth… (click here to read the entire Psalm). Romans 8:28-39: And we know in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his …
No More Being Nice
I’m a lover not a fighter. In fact, I used to pride myself on my loving personality. (The key words in that sentence are “used to”.) I taught my children to be nice. We did not allow them to fight. They were NOT allowed to argue with each other or their parents. EVER. I began to see the bad fruit …