Inspiration
Living Well in Jesus
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You can read what I write with the assurance that the insights I share are making a difference in my life, too.) It is also my goal to boost your prayer life, share the Gospel with you, and equip you to share it with others through the imagery in my devotional pieces.
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Spiritual Lessons from Spring - Life Emerges New
Raking away the old rubbish and piling it on our fire pit reminds me, again, that the old ways must go in me, too. They must be cleared away, so God’s new work can spring forth.
His Mercies are New Every Morning - A Testimony of Transformation
If you’ve struggled with sin, then you know that Satan’s accusations can be relentless. …. Satan has been a liar from the beginning. Hold fast to God’s Word instead! “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” (Lam. 3:22-23 NRVSA)
Needing Jesus - Month by Month
Oh, dear Jesus, keep me connected to you, fully ingrafted, all the fiber of my being mixed with yours so that we are one as You and Your Father are one.
wading through grief with eyes on the sunrise
Time with our loved ones is a gift, but heaven is too. When my dad died suddenly, I had to keep my eyes on the Sunrise of Jesus my Savior to get through the pain.
What do you do with fear and worry? My recent health scare had liver and life lessons for me!
What do you do with fear and worry? Here’s how my recent health scare taught me some important lessons about keeping my liver healthy and trusting God when fear comes pounding on my door.
Looking back, looking forward
I find myself wondering about the lessons that God wanted me to learn this past year, and whether or not I learned them well. Did I listen to His still small voice? Not that He is ever small, but in His tenderness and kindness, He speaks to me gently. Did I heed, or brush off His instruction, help, correction, or needful truth?
“Going My Way” - a lesson in grace and humility
Even just writing this short synopsis of Going My Way warms my heart. It just makes me want to be better—to be more Christ-like, as Bing’s character, Father O’Malley, was.
I See…
God encourages our hearts at just the right time!
My piece titled, “I See…” was something that came to me one fall several years ago when we were deeply in the thick of our kids’ chronic illnesses. It was a time when my son had to pull back from his homeschooling classes —again— and I had long cries with God over scary symptoms and so many not yet answered prayers.
Our plant named Joy!
God cares about the little things —even Fiddle Leaf Figs and bringing our kids’ joy!
the story behind “Yellow Buttercup”
The story behind “Yellow Buttercup” — a piece featured in my book Journey into Trust.
I got off the phone knowing that the conversation I just had was a gift from God Himself and we stepped out in faith to follow this nurse’s generous advice. For our son, it turned out that UVBI (Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation) was a game changer. The seven treatments he did allowed his immune system to finally see the stealth infections that had haunted him and gave his body the boost it needed to overcome. But it was the gift of that small flower with its gleaming yellow petals that gave me the hope and strength I needed to press ahead and keep fighting the good fight!
Buttercup photo by Pitsch https://pixabay.com/users/pitsch-3124612/