“There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 Sometimes life’s schedule almost becomes a scandal. Too many commitments, too little time. Too many tasks, too little sleep. Too many words with too little thought. Verse one reassures us, for everything there is a season, a time for…
Preventing Pride
“Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling.” Psalm 2:10-11 I once heard a true story about a pastor concerned with the potential to become prideful. To keep himself in check, he requested a certain task to be reserved for him alone…
Blessed Are The Obedient
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful… And whatever he does shall prosper.” Psalm 1:1, 3b Every time I read the above passage, several people I know come to mind. People sometimes ask how…
It’s not what I do, but who I am
“When the seventy-two disciples returned they reported to him, ‘Lord, even the demons obey us when we use your name!’ ‘Yes,’ he told then, ‘I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning! Look I have given you the authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and…
A Tender Heart
“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.” Matthew 10:29 Last week I shared how our daughter, Elyse, is an animal lover. This past Friday night our family took a family “walk”. (The parents walk, the kids bike/run/…
Zero-Tolerance Policy
“In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.” Matthew 18:14 Several years ago, my husband, John, coined the above title to define my reaction to malfunctioning mechanics. “I can’t believe you can be so patient with our kids and yet get so mad…
Spiritual Lessons From Parenting, Part V
“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2 While at graduate school, my husband, John, studied and worked all the time. On Saturdays, he would work…
Spiritual Lesson From Parenting, Part IV
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.” Psalm 19:14 Years ago, I took Kira, then seven, to American Girl Place in Chicago. While there, we had tea in the cafe’. Reading from the box of conversation starters on…
Spiritual Lessons From Parenting, Part III
I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High. Psalm 7:17 When our youngest, Evita, was turning five I told her how blessed I was to have her for a daughter. “God knew I needed an Evita,” I said. She…
Spiritual Lessons From Parenting, Part II
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9 When our first daughter, Kira, was the ripe old age of three, she thought she knew more than her…