Sunday Praise

Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth.Serve the LORD with gladness;Come before Him with joyful singing.Know that the LORD Himself is God;It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.Enter His gates with thanksgivingAnd His courts with praise.Give thanks to Him, bless His […]

The Race Before You

Hebrews 12:1 tells us, “let us run with endurance the race that is set before us (NASB).” The day you were born, God set before you the race you are to run for Him in this life. However, so much in this world tries to tangle you in sin and stop you from completing that […]

Prayer Journal–Everlasting Light

What would it be like dear God to bask in your light, the light of your glory? A light like none on this earth. What would that be like? To not know the long nights of darkness yearning for sunlight and the dawning of a new day. To not have time—days counting down my years […]

Your Skills for God’s Kingdom

It had to be hard to lose his father, particularly after he spent so much time with him learning his trade. I can only imagine the grief he and his mother went through. Yet he answered the call to oversee some of the most elegant metalwork in the most important building in the kingdom. 1 […]

Angry Faith

Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. – Matthew 7:6, NASB I recently read this verse after reading Deuteronomy 32:51-52 where God tells Moses that he cannot enter the promised land […]

Empathy Born Out of Pain

The Spirit of God can bring us comfort and peace during difficult times in our lives. His Son Jesus walked this earth and experienced first hand the trials we can face each day. He wept over the death of Lazarus and suffered on the cross for our sins. Because God knows what we need, He […]

Prayer Journal–Deeper Love

Teach me dear God to love you as you love me, unconditionally. Show me how to shed all my striving to win your approval, the performance I feel is necessary to win your favor. Help me to follow the model of your son, Jesus—the unfiltered love he expressed to others; the unconditional love. Help me […]

Not All is as It Appears

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” – 1 Samuel 16:7, NASB Image is such a powerful […]

Blog Recognized at Blue Ridge Writers Conference

In 2010 I wrote my first post for this blog. I was hesitant to click the publish button, but I did and thus began my blogging journey. Now, sixteen years and more than one thousand posts later, I have been recognized for that work. Last week at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writer’s Conference, this […]

Sunday Praise

In God, whose word I praise,in the LORD, whose word I praise—in God I trust and am not afraid.What can man do to me?I am under vows to you, my God;I will present my thank offerings to you.For you have delivered me from deathand my feet from stumbling,that I may walk before Godin the light […]