In her book, Judy shares her eye-opening failure. She managed to rally enough support to get an apartment and furniture, etc. for a homeless woman. Instead of helping the woman, it drove her back to drinking. . . .
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Lend Your Ear
My internal voice said, “She needs somebody to talk to.”
She sat at the end of the aisle with a blank stare. Church was over. The pastor had blessed us and dismissed us. But she just sat there. . . .
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A Ray of Hope
Do you need a ray of hope today? I found one in an unlikely place.
Poor Jeremiah was caught up in . . .
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Grateful for My Redeemer
It was painful to watch. At my cousin’s “celebration of life,” her husband and grown sons struggled to make sense of “a life taken too soon.” One son sobbed how . . . .
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Ready to Celebrate by Wendy Thayer
Zechariah and Elizabeth were well-loved and esteemed by their community. They were righteous and observant of God’s commands, yet they had grown old and remained childless. Zechariah had no sons to . . .
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The Psalm of the Prodigals
I was so moved by this psalm written by Frank Curtiss, that I just had to share it with you (with his permission, of course). Frank is currently writing a book of psalms . . .
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Presentable to God
Yesterday I “corrected” my sister in Christ. My words were not a rebuke, . . . but they were not encouraging either. Since, I strive to be the encourager, my heart filled with regret. The enemy took advantage of the situation to remind me of all the other times I have failed to be encouraging . . . and worse! . . .
Read MoreStanding on Tiptoe
I love this imagery of the universe standing on its tippytoes. I imagine demons scurrying in haste because their time is short, and angels leaning over the balcony of heaven with . . . .
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Jesus is our Bright Morning Star
The lament of poor fisherman, dockworkers, and fishwives of Portugal in the 1820s created a musical genre called Fado. Fado has a mournful tune, infused with emotions of loss and resignation to a hopeless fate. Many a Fado song wails about the loss of her mariner husband at sea.
In that day, sailing . . .
Read MoreHints of the Secret
Here’s the secret: The gospel of grace has made you, non-Jewish believers, into coheirs of His promise through your union with Him. And you have now become members of His body – one with the Anointed One! Ephesians 3:6 TPT
With the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the secret is out. God intended, from eternity past, to . . . .
Read MoreSeeds of Prayer
I wrote this devotion 5 years ago. And I discovered it just when I needed hope in the waiting. Thank You, Lord! I’m sharing it with you in case you need some hope in the waiting. . . .
Read MoreBlessed by My Own Blog
I’ve been sitting at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane Washington this last week wondering if each day will be my Dad’s last one. Every morning I would walk in intending to be a bubble of joy . . . to push back the darkness. But at the end of the week, I awoke one morning with a negative dream and my thought patterns spiraled downward. Yikes!
That day I was NOT a bubble of joy! My mind seemed unable to focus or . . .
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