“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…
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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…
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 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…
Spiritual Lessons From Parenting, Part I
This week, I wanted to share some delightful stories and some spiritual truths my girls have taught me. While parenting is not an easy endeavor, with God all things are possible, including keeping your wits about you when you are blessed with some smart children! I hope you enjoy these stories as much as I…
Promises of Psalm 91, Part III
Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day. 6 Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday. 7 Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you. 8 Just…
Lessons From Ruth, Part VIII
Read Ruth 4:11-22 Then the elders and all the people at the gate said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. 12 Through the…