THE GIFT OF SUBMISSION (First posted October 2017) In today’s blog, I want to share with you an important gift given to us by our Father. It is a gift our Lord Jesus used over and over again during His journey on the earth. It is the most profound, yet simple gift, we can use which will ALWAYS…
Most of my life, I tried desperately to try to fill the most intimate needs of my heart through people. My parents were the first people in my life who I thought were created to meet them but they couldn’t. Then, I thought my family and friends… they couldn’t. Finally, I thought maybe my boyfriends or husband and they couldn’t either. Finally, I looked to activities, work, positions, church, and ministry… they brought more stress, but some brought temporary satisfaction….
It’s been 40 years now walking with my Lord but in the early part of my journey with the Lord, I tried desperately to hold my life together as it was falling apart. I often felt weak and vulnerable, which were my greatest fears. But, I discovered how the Lord used my weakness and vulnerabilities to become my greatest strengths. How many of us hate feeling weak and vulnerable? It is natural to protect ourselves from danger, failure, fears,…
Learning to humble myself and sit at the feet of my Lord Jesus daily hasn’t been easy. Within the heart of most believers, is the desire to serve Him, rather than love Him. If you look at Martha in the picture above, she is listening to Him at a distance rather than choosing to be close to Him face to face and at His feet like her sister, Mary. Serving Jesus with outward activities is one way to hide from…
(Except We Become Like Little Children…We Can’t Enter the Kingdom of God) On July 26, 2019, I celebrated 40 years of walking with my Lord Jesus Christ, My Father, and being taught by the Holy Spirit. I want to spend future blogs sharing with you things I have learned on my amazing journey of wonder and life! Let me share one of the most important things the Lord taught me one day when I was stuck trying to…
Our last blog reminded us everything in heaven and earth was created by Jesus Christ and ‘For Him.’ We also learned we were created ‘For Him and By Him’ for a loving relationship and to enjoy Him forever! If He is not the Center of our World… then we are; what senseless struggles we will incur. But did you know that our Lord Jesus is in every book of the Bible? If you like hide and go seek, then you…
Who am I? Why am I here? Why was I created? For what purpose was I created? These are the questions of a searching heart. They are the questions that have been asked by mankind since the beginning of time. Mankind remains desperate to make sense of his world and the world around him. We look to the stars for our purpose. We look to nature for ‘the why’ of our existence, then we worship IT. We try to satisfy…
(First posted August 2017) Sam and his little sister Monica sat on the stairs, holding and consoling each other. They were hungry, lonely, and afraid. They lived with their mother and father who were nowhere to be found. They were afraid to leave each other to get food even though the kitchen refrigerator was filled with their favorite foods and desserts. But neither one of them had the courage to go to the kitchen. Then, all of a…
She was only 13 as she stood on the auction block that day. Her head held high but she was filled with such shame and sadness. Her clothes were worn and filthy from working in the cotton fields from sun up to sun down… and she was only 13. Her life had been one of loneliness and misery. Her parents were torn from her when she was five years old and sold to a slave owner 10 miles from the…
Our Bridegroom Who Calls Us His Treasure My Precious Sister in Christ and friend Kim Francis just released an awesome devotional called “Fifty Days in His Pursuing Love.” If you haven’t purchased it already, you have to! It is an amazing love letter to us; those who have given our lives to Jesus Christ. Kim describes her book this way: Experience the Depths of Christ’s Cherishing Love for You! As a Christian, you are Christ’s Flawless…