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Love Letter #1

Living Ears Wide Open, Love Letter, Sherri MewhaFebruary 4, 2025 By Sherri

“The steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him.” Psalm 103:17 ESV Love letters come in all shapes and sizes, from very small to absolutely ginormous. Some love letters will make you laugh. Others fan…

Christmas Bells

Christmas Bells, Christmas Devotion, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Living Ears Wide Open, Sherri MewhaDecember 3, 2024 By Sherri

"We have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world." 1 John 4:14 ESV Bells and Christmas sound like a perfect pairing. Many of our favorite Christmas songs and carols feature the…

Bitter Medicine

Bible Devotions, Bitter Medicine, Christian Blog, Faith BlogsJune 10, 2024 By Sherri

"Take and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey. Revelation 10:9 I ached all over. My stomach was upset, and I felt hot. "Feverish," Momma said. It was mid-morning, and I…

Sandpaper People

Christian Blog, Sandpaper People, Spiritual GrowthJune 4, 2024 By Sherri

"And we urge you...admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all." 1 Thess. 5:14-18 ESV We sat in Panera Bread, sipping coffee and playing catch up. At the mention of a mutual acquaintance, I immediately expressed…

Margin-Living

Christian Blog, Margin-Living, Sanctification, Spiritual GrowthApril 23, 2024 By Sherri

Every day, I will bless You and praise Your name forever and ever. Psalm 145:2 ESV Margins. The blank edges surrounding the printed words on a page call out my name. I hear questions such as "What do you think of what…

Building Walls

Bible Devotions, Building Walls, Christian Blog, Faith BlogsApril 2, 2024 By Sherri

Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me. Isaiah 49:16 ESV At the beginning of winter, I’m grateful for the walls of our home that keep the cold, brisk winds at bay. The…

Soul Thirst

Christian Blog, Faith Blogs, Living Waters, Soul Care, Soul ThirstJanuary 16, 2024 By Sherri

"Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters….” Isaiah 55:1a The scorching heat of Texas summer days often forced my sister and me out to the yard to find relief in a water hose or sprinkler. That was before the above-ground pool…

Let There Be Light!

Bible Devotions, Christian Blog, Christmas Devotion, Faith Blogs, Lights of ChristmasDecember 12, 2023 By Sherri

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. Isaiah 9:2 ESV We lay on the floor, flat on our backs, heads tucked under the lower…

The Big Picture

Bible Devotions, Christian Blog, Faith Blogs, Spiritual GrowthNovember 28, 2023 By Sherri

“Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture!” 1 Corinthians 13:9 NLT My earliest memory of puzzling with Momma was sitting at a puzzle pieces-covered card table in the den,…

Thank You

Bible Devotions, Christian Blog, Thank You, ThankfulNovember 21, 2023 By Sherri

And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name. 1 Chronicles 29:13 ESV Many of the finer points of social etiquette were not included in my upbringing. My mom left the farm behind when she entered adulthood; my dad…

Rooted

Bible Devotions, Christian Blog, Knowing God, Rooted, Spiritual GrowthOctober 24, 2023 By Sherri

“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted, and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” Colossians 2:6-7 ESV Russ steadily paddled the kayak down the lazy…

Scarred

Bible Devotions, Christian Blog, Christian Women's Blogs, ScarredOctober 3, 2023 By Sherri

"He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed." 1 Peter 2:24 ESV Back in the olden days, my momma and most other…

Glimpses of Glory

Bible Devotions, Christian Blog, Faith Blogs, God's Glory, Spiritual GrowthSeptember 19, 2023 By Sherri

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him. Though you do not now see Him, you believe in Him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.…

It’s Personal

Bible Devotions, Christian Blog, Christian Women's Blogs, Faith BlogsSeptember 12, 2023 By Sherri

“I have called you by name, you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1b What’s your reaction when you sit down for a conversation and the first words spoken by the other person are, “Look, it’s nothing personal…”? I don’t know about you, but my…

Colored Lenses

Bible Devotions, Christian Blog, Colored Lenses, Faith BlogsAugust 1, 2023 By Sherri

The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. Psalm 146:8 The Texas skies were dark as my daddy drove our family to Grandma Holt’s house for a family gathering around the supper table. In the back seat, I snuggled against the door,…