Christian growth – Living Ears Wide Open

Personal or Community?

Living Ears Wide Open, Personal or Community, Sherri MewhaNovember 19, 2024 By Sherri

Us. We. Them. They. Our people. Our group. My family. My squad. Our team. Humans gravitate towards family, groups, teams, and collectives of many types. Unless you are genuinely a hermit, you enjoy (to varying degrees) being with others. Not all of…

In Need Of Rescue

Bible Devotions, In Need of Rescue, Living Ears Wide Open, Sherri MewhaNovember 5, 2024 By Sherri

"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

Faith Blogs, Guilty, Living Ears Wide Open, Sherri MewhaOctober 29, 2024 By Sherri

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.…

Whispers of Thunder

Bible Devotions, Living Ears Wide Open, Sherri Mewha, Whispers of ThunderOctober 15, 2024 By Sherri

"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

Christian Blog, Living Ears Wide Open, Powerless, Sherri MewhaOctober 8, 2024 By Sherri

"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

Living Ears Wide Open, Sherri Mewha, TearsOctober 1, 2024 By Sherri

"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

Belonging, Living Ears Wide Open, Sherri Mewha, Spiritual GrowthSeptember 24, 2024 By Sherri

"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

Bible Devotions, Living Ears Wide Open, Sherri Mewha, The Tree & The IvySeptember 17, 2024 By Sherri

"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

Faith Blogs, Living Ears Wide Open, Sherri Mewha, Trust GODSeptember 9, 2024 By Sherri

“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’

Faith Blogs, Living Ears Wide Open, Sherri Mewha, Time Keeps On Slippin'September 3, 2024 By Sherri

"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

Bible Devotions, Living Ears Wide Open, Sherri MewhaAugust 27, 2024 By Sherri

"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

Bible Devotions, Living Ears Wide Open, Sherri Mewha, SurroundedAugust 20, 2024 By Sherri

“...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

Drifting, Living Ears Wide Open, Sherri Mewha, Spiritual GrowthAugust 13, 2024 By Sherri

“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

Ask For A Mountain, Living Ears Wide Open, Sherri Mewha, Spiritual GrowthAugust 6, 2024 By Sherri

"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

Bible Devotions, Changing Winds, Living Ears Wide Open, Sanctification, Sherri MewhaJuly 30, 2024 By Sherri

"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…