In Need Of Rescue
"Listen to me...you whom I have upheld since your birth, and have carried since you were born. Even to your old age and gray hairs, I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will…
Guilty
I stared at the old Singer treadle sewing machine. I had always been fascinated by the foot-powered machine, which required steady foot action and carefully coordinated movement of fabric and thread tensions. It was a graceful dance of feet, fabric, and fingers.…
Surrender
"Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 I'm old enough to remember with great affection singing from hymnals at church. That was back in the day when the musical accompaniment was…
Whispers of Thunder
"How faint the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?" Job 26:14 NIV As a little girl, I remember waking in the night to the sound of distant thunder. I listened to the whisper of…
Powerless
"O our God...we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you." 2 Chronicles 20:12 ESV Good King Jehoshaphat's heart sank as he listened. The Ammonites, Moabites,…
Tears
"You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?" Psalm 56:8 ESV I confess. I am a weeper. Tears fall easily – happy tears, sad tears, emotionally responsive tears. Tears are the…
Belonging
"So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God...Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone...." Ephesians 2:19 We want desperately to belong—to be accepted, to fit in, to…
The Tree & The Ivy
"Who is a God like You, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? You...delight to show mercy. You will again have compassion on us; You will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into…
Screaming Cows & Burning Fields
“But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, "You are my God." Psalms 31:14 ESV Standing on tiptoe, I balanced on the kitchen sink's narrow back edge, clutching the window ledge, and peered into the dark evening. I couldn't see a…
Time Keeps On Slippin’
"Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. James 4:14 ESV To borrow a line from Fly Like An Eagle, by the Steve…
Practice Makes Perfect
"Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress." 1 Timothy 4:15 ESV "I don't hear anything," Momma's voice called out from the kitchen. I sighed loudly. Positioning my hands once again on the keys of the…
Surrounded
“...steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD.” Psalm 32:10 ESV I’ve always loved this scene in the movies. The bad guy seems to have the upper hand. He stands sneering with his finger on the trigger of the weapon…
Drifting
“Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.” Hebrews 2:1 ESV Our family loved the times we picnicked on the shore of Lake Waxahachie (TX) and later drifted in inflated inner tubes…
Ask For A Mountain
"Now therefore, give me this mountain.... It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall be able to drive them out as the LORD said." Joshua 14:12 We returned late yesterday from our almost two-week vacation in Oregon. I spent time…
Changing Winds
"Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His…