Are you surprised when God answers prayer quickly? The other night as I sat through a bitter cold lacrosse game bundled up–my toes frozen despite my preparation, my heart sank farther down to the pit of my stomach with each minute as I watched my son stand on the sidelines with no coat or cold weather clothes under …
Bite of Bread: Spending the Week with Jesus (March 24-30)
What’s your favorite story of Jesus? Is it His birth? Is it when He healed the demon possessed man in the caves? Is it when He called Lazarus out of the grave? What about the time a woman who had been bleeding for 12 years reached out and touched the tassels on His prayer shawl? She knew she was healed …
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Living with Purpose beyond today: Leaving a Legacy
…He also set eternity into the hearts of men. (Eccl. 3:11) I held her wrinkled, gnarled hand gently. The clippers in my hand only snipped tiny pieces of a nail at a time. It took longer this way, but one big clip always caused her to jump. I’m not sure if it really hurt. But arthritis fills each joint in …
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Word Wednesday: Finding Refuge/Trusting God (Hasah)
I’ve prayed Psalm 91 for soldiers deployed to foreign lands. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust” Psalm 91:1,2. I’ve prayed it for friends and family. I’ve …
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Bite of Bread Reading Plan: Don’t Run on Empty
I’m amazed. I can have a really great week–energetic, productive, joyful–then boom! In a day my emotions flip. The weather changes; clouds roll in. Loneliness comes to visit. And doubt decides to camp out on my front door step stealing the contentment I owned just a few days before. I call it “The Eeyore complex”. I experienced this yesterday. I’m not sure how …
