Category: Devotions

“I’ve been thinking all this morning about the different stories in the bible..the ones about David..(1 Samuel 16:1-13)..about the woman at the well..(John 4:1-26)..about Peter, James and John..(Matthew 4:18-22/Luke 5:1-11)..about Zacchaeus the tax collector..(Luke 19:1-10)..and at how each and every one of those stories where about Jesus coming to them..Amen..at how He chose them..and spoke…

”Sometimes in all of our lives we don’t heal..we don’t get better..we do just simply pick up the broken pieces of our yesterdays and our broken hearts and learn to move on..with the pain..with the hurt..with the sickness..with the grief..we learn how to deal with life..we learn how to deal with ourselves..but daily deep on…

“We’ve all heard the saying, “The squeaky wheel gets the oil.” This American proverb suggests that the most noticeable or loudest problems are the ones most likely to get attention. This morning, I’ve been reflecting on this idea and its deeper meaning. First, consider how we often find ourselves going around certain mountains in life.…

All who know me well understand just how much I love taking pictures. If you and I are together at any moment, rest assured there will be a picture taken—probably a few, actually. To me, these photos are so much more than just images; they are completely awesome. On days when life isn’t fair or…

Why Is It So Hard for People to Truly Love? It often seems that in our society, truly loving others is rare. We may say we love, but do we genuinely treat people as Christ would? Do we selflessly give of ourselves and show love to everyone we encounter? There are different types of love…

“When I look in the scriptures and begin to read, I see where our Lord and Savior was called a man of sorrows. I can’t, for the life of me, understand how Jesus, who was perfect and spotless, was yet hated and rejected by many. The ones He loved denied Him; they turned and walked…

So again, that tree that was in our backyard has spoken to me for the past few days. Amen. As I look at the roots that are still there all around the dirt — mind you, we have been picking them up like crazy, and there are still so many left — Amen. As I…

The one thing that old enemy always wants to take from you and me more than anything we have is our joy. Amen. He always wants us to be sad, he wants us to be depressed, he wants us to look behind us, he wants us to focus on our failures. He never, ever—and I…

“So the tree that was in our backyard has really spoken a lot to me these past few days. Amen. But yesterday, my hubby, Erik, and I kept hearing these noises, and we finally found them. It was two baby birds that were in a nest in the tree that we had taken down. So…

“So yesterday evening, my husband Erik finally, after three days of very hard work, was able to get this tree down in our backyard. A bad storm had come through and the tree was rotten in the middle, so it took half of it. Erik had to take the rest of it down. Needless to…