Unchanging
"For I the LORD do not change; therefore you...are not consumed.” Malachi 3:6 The only constant is change. If I had a quarter for every time I heard or used that expression during my corporate career, well…I’d have a whole lot of…
Resolutions
“Do you love me?” John 21:15-19 A New Year. A Fresh Start. Blank pages in your calendar waiting to be filled. 2023 is only three days old and holds so much promise for the remaining 362 days! It was a time of…
Running on Empty?
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” Romans 15:13 Powered by fumes and prayers, my car stuttered and shuddered its way onto…
Rejoice Anyway!
“Yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.” Habakkuk 3:18 Happy is easy when all is well and going smoothly, not so much when things begin to fall apart. What destroys your happiness?…
Wallowing
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Woooooo. Here Pig. Sooie! Woooooo. Here Pig. Sooie! Woooooo. Here Pig. Sooie! In a cloud of flying mud…
Good Intentions
My intentions were good. A prayer request shared during Bible study, a troubled marriage in need of prayer, a woman’s ill daughter, a sweet elderly friend’s prayer request for patience as her husband slipped further into dementia – just a few of…
Whose Truth?
“Send out Your Light and Your Truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!” Psalm 43:3 ESV When did Truth become relative? When did Truth become subjective? When did moral, ethical, and behavioral…
Time to Move On…
"You have stayed long enough at this mountain." Deuteronomy 1:6 Over the past months, a difficult decision had to be made. Much time was spent in God’s Word and in prayer, many tears were shed. My sweet husband provided great encouragement, godly…
Daddy’s Shoes
“If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.” Galatians 5:25 Do you remember walking in your daddy’s shoes? I do. My daddy’s feet were sized in proportion to his heart – both were very large.…
It’s War
"Fight the good fight of faith." 1 Timothy 6:12 Talk of war surrounds us. War in the Ukraine. China, North Korea, Russia – war talk and saber-rattling. War against COVID, and now Monkeypox. The culture – race – political - ethnic –…
Bread of Life
"Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger..." John 6:35 Confession…I have had a life-long love affair with bread. Breads of all types: white, wheat, rye, pumpernickel, sour dough, dinner rolls, sesame, French,…
Know That I Love You
“I have loved you with an everlasting love..." Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV) We were walking hand-in-hand a number of steps behind my husband as he pushed my dad in his wheelchair towards the restaurant entrance. Our outings had become less frequent as mom’s…
Ears Wide Open
“Hear, O Heavens, and give ear, O Earth; for the LORD has spoken.” Isaiah 1:2 Rusty: My firstborn, Rusty was about four years old, out of the tub, dried and wrapped in his towel standing at the top of the stairs, yelling…
Tornado
“We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul…” Hebrews 6:19a Tornadoes are not an unusual sight in the midwestern skies, but on this day the angry cloud-filled sky darkened suddenly, weighing heavy on the farmhouses dotting the wheat…
Careless Words
“So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.” James 3:5 ESV We tend to focus on the BIG things – BIG is better, right? BIG wins, BIG houses, BIG bank accounts, BIG jobs, BIG titles, BIG…