My babies were asleep with their naps. That seemed to be the only time I could read the Bible and pray. So I was reading the Word and praying to the Lord. There was a knock on the door. I got up to answer it and it was my friend’s husband who was also ourContinue reading “Tears”
Category Archives: Devotionals
Itchy Ears!
I seem to write a number of blogs about ears! Why is that? I guess I am just an “ear” person! I would rather take in information by hearing it rather than reading it–auditory learning. I like to listen to people. I’m better at listening than I am at explaining. But a few weeks agoContinue reading “Itchy Ears!”
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year 2024 to everyone! What’s your new year’s resolution? Lose weight? Exercise more? Have a dry January? Be nice to wife? What is a new year’s resolution anyway? It’s something that goes in one year and out the other!! Our church leadership decided to make January 1 to 7 a week of fasting for us all. WhatContinue reading “Happy New Year!”
Israel
Israel is in the news and in our conversations a lot these days with the war lasting over 85 days. University students have made statements against Israel. Antisemitism is on the rise in our country. This topic is kind of personal for me. I am a Gentile, but part of my family has a JewishContinue reading “Israel”
The Ezekiel Challenge
This year I was minding my own business, happily listening to my ‘through the Bible in a year’ daily reading and then it happened….. I got to the book of Ezekiel and I fell apart. I was so confused. I was shocked. “Have I ever read this before? I don’t understand this. This is anContinue reading “The Ezekiel Challenge”
Cold Plunge!
Thanksgiving 2023 seemed a gift! Nineteen of the greater family gathered together at our home in the country and the youths outnumbered the adults. It was so worth the four day prep and two day clean-up! One of the highlights was something we had never done on a Thanksgiving before. Two brother-in-laws egged each otherContinue reading “Cold Plunge!”
The Curtain Fell Down!
We were in Mexico for a week of R and R. It was beautiful and warm while home was wet, windy and cool. Our recently renovated room looked out over the palm trees and ocean. Grateful bliss! But one day when we got back to the room a crazy thing had happened! The heavy light-darkeningContinue reading “The Curtain Fell Down!”
Hope
Are you a half cup full person or a half cup empty person? I sometimes have a tendency to think negatively and slide into the blues. How about you? It’s pretty common. We aren’t unusual. God knows this characteristic about us, about me. He often corrects me, lovingly, and sets me right. For example recentlyContinue reading “Hope”
Listen to Him
A girlfriend of mine, with her husband, was overnight at my house some years ago. She commented to me, “When I’m at your house, I hear songs in my head–Jesus songs.” Just yesterday my husband said to me, “I’m hearing a song in my head that keeps playing over and over.” It was a christianContinue reading “Listen to Him”
Don’t bite My Ear Off!
When we hear that title above, “Don’t bite my ear off” we usually think of Mike Tyson, the professional boxer, who on June 28, 1997 in the third round of a fight, got frustrated and actually sunk his teeth into the cartilage of his contender Holyfield’s ear, tore a piece of it off and spitContinue reading “Don’t bite My Ear Off!”
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