Give me not a god, a god that I control. Don’t give me a god that I can mold. Give me GOD, THE LIVING GOD, who’s free to come and go. I need GOD, the REAL GOD, who knows more than I know. GOD, Himself, who created Life, and all living things--- GOD, who lives,...
Yesterday, Jerry was sitting on the screened back porch, listening to Rush Limbaugh’s comments about the Presidential Inauguration. I sat with him a few minutes. Mr. Limbaugh stated that there is a bureaucracy that operates in Washington. Seemingly there are those who...
Everyone who comes into this world is "born for adversity." God's children are born for contentment. Years ago, when our oldest granddaughter started elementary school, I asked her why children were going to school every day. Her reply was, “So that we can get a...
Knowing my own need, the Lord is leading me in the year of 2017 to continue in my desire and search for the contentment that is found in Him alone. It is easy to read about, to talk about, to search for its meaning and to hope and pray for it. Like “humility” which...
As I was thinking of a title for this post, Paul’s words in his letter to the Ephesians came to mind. In relation to spiritual warfare, he said at the end of his description of “the armor of God” ~ “praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication....
I would rather write than eat; pray than sleep; read His word than play, because the one about whom I write, and the one to whom I pray, is the one who gives me life, and the one for whom I live. This has all been through a process of growing and bearing the fruit of...
Not wanting to write this article, I tried to stuff it in the back of my memory bank, but it keeps recycling to the front. I have wanted only to write about the kingdom of God’s grace, the goodness, and the glory of our God, and Father. My leadings by His Holy Spirit...
(Our daughter and her family will be coming for our Thanksgiving meal today, so there is not much time for writing, but I wanted to share these thoughts.) When we think of our family feasts, are they just traditional ~ spending time with our family, eating and...
Today we come to the conclusion of six weeks of prayer for our nation, and the conclusion of an election for a new President of these United States of America. More importantly we come to the conclusion of the whole matter of all prayer for all things. We have used...