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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Genesis 3 - A Peak into Satan’s playbook & Lessons We Can Learn to Not take the Bait!
Satan uses subtle bait to manipulate us and to get us to rely on our own reasoning and understanding. Trusting God will keep us from taking the bait!
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)
Different types of light - How will Jesus use you today?
How can we love one another well? How can pondering various types of light help us more effectively minister to those the Lord brings into our lives? This post begins to explore these questions. Please comment and share your thoughts and your stories of how Jesus has shone His light through you in an array of ways!
Thanksgiving: Piece by Piece
Imagine going into a battle and facing an enemy who is coming at you with flaming arrows, swords, rocks and spears, but you are standing on that desert battlefield in your pajamas with bare feet, holding on to your favorite comfy blanket or stuffed animal.
How do you think you’d fare?
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.
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.
A Healing Poem - Dearest Mom
Dearest Mom,
No one could ever take your place in my life,
Because you’re my mom,
And I cherish you.
God hand chose you to be the person you are--
He hand chose me to be your daughter--
And His grace is enough for both of us. ….
Photo by: https://faithgiant.com
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/