I’m thankful for a day set aside specifically for me to say “thanks”–to focus on what I have and not what I don’t. [tweetability]But I want my thankfulness to be a lifestyle rather than a one day event.[/tweetability] Sometimes I need help in the “thank you, God” department. These scriptures help. They give me eternal words to pray and …
What if You Woke Up Tomorrow Only to What You Thanked God for Today?
{This image is a gift to you! Please share and use however you want.} As a friend and I closed our phone conversation the other day, she said, “Oh…oh…oh.. I have to ask you something somebody asked me the other day.” She paused for a thoughtful moment and then shot this question through the airwaves. “If you woke up tomorrow to …
Bite of Bread: Don’t forget to Feed Your Spirit
This is a busy week for many of us. We will be busy preparing for Thanksgiving, running around buying turkeys and all the fixings for a bountiful meal. I’ll probably go to the grocery six times before the holiday actually arrives. (I always forget something, get home, and think of another ingredient I need.) Some of us will be cleaning …
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, …
Evidence that God Keeps His Word: The Holy Spirit
She spoke of hearing from God with an assurance I did not have. There was something different about her. Confidence. Peace. Wisdom. And I wanted it. Looking back, I had experienced such grace before, but I didn’t recognize that voice as the Holy Spirit of Jesus inside me–I just thought it was me. But I didn’t walk in the power …