Encouraging Women to Passionately Pursue God
Sitting around the dinner table, one of my daughters dumped a cascade of emotions she’d bottled up far too long. Frustration, bewilderment and anger all poured forth. She ended with, “It will never get any better!” I swallowed hard, fighting tears of empathy and quieted my mama’s correction voice. “TORPAL,” her sisters chorused. Looking around…
“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.” Romans 8:26 Do you always know what to pray- always finding the right words to convey your heart’s cry? Some days,…
Looking around, He saw the world was wicked. People did things that decidedly did not glorify God. But then His gaze fell on one man, and He must have smiled. There was one man who did obey God: Noah. Noah walked with God. (Genesis 6:9b HCSB) He was known as righteous, blameless among his contemporaries….
“Do you have skittles?” I asked my twelve-year-old daughter, Evita, as she fastened her helmet. Smiling, she patted her jacket pocket before clomping toward the door in her roller blades, leaving before mom could question anything else! Pulling out my phone, I clicked on the app to check her blood sugar. Yep, about 200, a…
“For He will command His Angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways” Psalm 91:11 While vacationing with my family in Washington D.C. one summer, we did a vast amount of walking. At certain times, it was necessary to carry our youngest child. One such moment as I carried her in front of…
The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name.15 When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them.16 I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation.” Psalm 91:…
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…
2 This I declare about the Lord:He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him.3 For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease.4 He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are…
“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalm 91:1 Tired? I bet we can all answer that affirmatively. The mental stress of living in a pandemic wears a person out, body and soul. I need rest. I bet you do too. We all need…
How’re you doing? Really. Are you shocked, confused, bewildered? Trying to stay positive for those around you, knowing maybe, (like me) it’s an uphill battle to keep a sincere smile upon your face? Late one afternoon I sat in my room, just having closed my computer for the day. The ‘official’ workday ended; time to…