God’s Help is Coming
“For the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart.” (1 Sam. 13:14 NLT) David is named a man after God’s own heart. Can you even imagine? I want to be a woman after God’s own heart, which is why I...
View ArticleWhen You’re Waiting With No Answers
Do you know what it is to appear happy on the outside, but to feel crushed on the inside? For a couple of months, there’s been a deep, deep longing in me. A quiet call to God. A sometimes-scream to...
View ArticleWho do you serve?
Just a while ago, I had a speaking event at a church. I was so amazed at how God seemed to be working in the women’s hearts. I felt excited. I felt sure life-change was happening — for God was at work....
View ArticleFind What You’ve Been Searching For
Most wisdom says, “Take time and think things through. Be thoughtful about your decision. Take it slow.” Yet, there is one time when you should throw caution to the wind: it’s when you know God is...
View ArticleThe Facebook Post that Saddened Me
A bit back, on Facebook, my friend posted something like this: “God loves me unconditionally. I am His. He is love. I will always be loved by Him. Even on my worst day, I am loved by Him.” Then, I saw...
View ArticleIt’s in God’s Hands
While cleaning the kitchen, I had to stop and acknowledge all the screaming and arguing surrounding me. “Madison,” I said, “those people on TV sure are screaming loud at each other. They’re so angry!”...
View ArticleThe Grace You Give Others
For years, I treated my china like an ancient heirloom. I didn’t want to use the plates. They were better preserved in a box than used in a kitchen where they may get scratched, chipped or broken....
View ArticleRelief for Your Soul
For the longest time, I willed-and-worked to do what God wanted. I told myself, “I need to act better”, “God is not satisfied with me” and “I’ve gotta do more”. I felt shame and embarrassment at...
View ArticleGod will Provide
Some of you are worried about what you are going to eat. How am I going to pay this bill? . . .put my kids through college? . . . ever retire? Others are worried about how God will come through. What...
View ArticleWhen People Accuse You
There is almost nothing worse than being misunderstood. To bear your heart to someone…to approach things carefully and thoughtfully…to pour out your best…to attempt to do things the right way…and then...
View ArticleWhat is Happening, God?
I made a trip to a new state to investigate a new home to live in. While we were in town, we found the house! I was delighted. Yet, as soon as we got back home the owner called; she changed her mind....
View ArticleFacing A Storm?
Many of us are facing a storm. You may feel: left outside with a flapping shirt and no rain jacket, afraid that the winds of change will tumult you, overwhelmed by the force of all you cannot handle...
View ArticleThe God who Supplies
We were late to the stores to buy school supplies. Now, the Target shelves looked like desert wastelands, empty and void of everything I needed. The mom’s had picked them over. The kids and I got in...
View ArticleOn Silence & Meeting God
At night I put on white noise. I first started this practice for the kids. This way, if friends were over or the TV was on — the kids wouldn’t wake up. But then, I came to like white noise. Now, loud...
View ArticleIt Begins with your Tongue
Is there something about yourself that you want to change? Perhaps you want to drink more water, or lose weight or stop talking to your husband a certain way? You need more self-control. The ability to...
View ArticleIt’s for Your Protection
Three times. I am not even kidding with you all. Three times, my car got hit by people. The first-time was a hit-and-run. My husband parked the car in a mall parking lot and when he returned to the...
View ArticleKeep Asking
Remember this story? We traveled to a new state, secured a new home, then headed back home — a hundred of miles and a dozen-hours . . . only to find out the owner of the house changed her mind. Only to...
View ArticleStop Getting Hit
This morning I walked my son to school. Unfortunately, there is a part of our walk that has no sidewalk. We usually carefully walk on the curb or tread through the dew-wet grass. This morning, as we...
View ArticleGod’s Soil is Life
You all should know by now that I love taking walks. I go outside and just enjoy the air. Usually, I look at trees and all around. But the other day, a singular flower caught my eye. All by itself, it...
View ArticleHow Saved We Are, In Christ
It is easy to forget how far we’ve come. This is normal. It’s like after you get a few cavities filled and a root canal done — 3 years later you forget it even happened. Life is back to normal and you...
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