The three-year-old giggled as she descended the stairs and twirled before her Daddy. From a young age, it was in her heart to find her own knight-in-shining-armor. David was such a man. He was chosen. He walked with the Lord. He waited on the Lord. He would be recorded as a man after God’s own…
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CPR for the Soul
As she steered into the street, her thoughts got away from her. It was a mess. A royal mess. She never intended for the white lie to grow as it had. Now what? she asked herself as she drove to the next errand. She sighed. She knew the answer. But knowing didn’t make it any…
He Never Forgets…
She stared down into her steaming mug, the implications of her revelation hitting her dead on. I got out of the habit. I was consumed by other things. Important things. But still, how had she abandoned the habit of praying for her girl? Her mind rewound the years. She prayed for her baby girl as…
“Where Are You?”
Frustrated, the realization set in. She had lost a bag. Not just any bag. It was her Sunday bag. The bag she carried to church. The bag which held her worn, pages-falling-out and cover-fading Bible. She searched inside her home. No bag. She searched inside her car. No bag. She even returned to search inside…
Stop The Burn
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” With maturity comes the revelation that familiar childhood chant just isn’t true. The sting of negative, hurtful words can scar a person and burn low self-esteem, negativity and despair into the very soul. When learning standard first aid protocol for physical burns,…
Tend Your Flocks
Do you have a specific calling on your life? Are you stuck in a place that your can’t imagine how or when the fulfillment of that calling could possibly transpire? David, a simple shepherd boy, youngest son of a humble herdsman, received a colossal calling. God’s servant, Samuel, anointed young David as God’s chosen for…
Unusual
Amy sighed as she slammed her locker shut. It was finally the end of the day. The day that seemed to last forever. She recalled the sting from the conversation, the laughter and teasing that had followed. “Why is it so hard to be a Christian,” she thought, “everyone is so tolerant of every idea…
Refuse to Converse
It was a simple question, or so she thought. He simply misunderstood. I can correct that, she patiently smiled, her heart warming to the idea of setting him straight. “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’” Oh, no, she began to clarify. Suddenly he was correcting her. And,…
Which Wins: Fear or Faith?
“The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will hand all of them slain over to Israel.’” Joshua 11:6a (NIV) What he saw should have stopped his heart. His enemies united and charging toward him, with massive armies too numerous to count. Surrounded as he glanced every…
Lessons From David, Part II
Does your mind ever play tricks on you? When I’m concerned, or tired, or overwhelmed, especially when I’m lying in bed, my mind often begins to play tricks on me. It starts to play the “what if” game. What if the treatments don’t work? What if the economy goes south? What if I can’t overcome…