This summer has been a faith-stretching time for me. I have had several disappointments which have made me wrestle with the Lord over what I know in my head to be true and what my heart is struggling to believe to be true. I have not done well with fear this summer. It has threatened to overwhelm me. Instead of living in the present, I have lived several months or years into the future and have … [Read more...] about 20 Minutes to a New Perspective
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12 Reasons I Am Crazy About Him
I had such a skewed view of who God was during my college and young adult years. Because I was involved in some things I was deeply ashamed over, I became afraid of Him. I just knew He was waiting to zap me, that He could never use me, and that I would never be able to conquer the sickening cycles of sin that I was involved in. I seemed trapped. I would cry tears of remorse, but not be able to … [Read more...] about 12 Reasons I Am Crazy About Him
He Has the Right – That’s Why
God has the right to do whatever He wants with me...or not.Something is slowly dawning on me. I am in the process of head knowledge becoming heart knowledge. That process is long and tedious and is something I have been coming to realize in bits and pieces over the last three or four years. I am reading through the greatest revolutionary tool of my spiritual life for the 12th time - the One Year … [Read more...] about He Has the Right – That’s Why
Bread Baking Messes
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."Romans 5:8 (NIV)Yesterday my almost ten-year-old daughter asked me, "Mom, have you ever made bread?"I laughed at out loud at the memory that question evoked. My sister was Jenna's age and my older daughter was my age (12) when we decided to open our own bakery in the bush of Congo. Our family would … [Read more...] about Bread Baking Messes
Favorite Quotes from Oswald Chambers
Many of us have read Oswald Chambers book, My Utmost For His Highest. Here are some of my favorite quotes that I go back to for perspective:"Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work." "Have you been asking God what He is going to do? He will never tell you. God does not tell you what He is going to do; He reveals to you Who He is." "It is inbred in us that we have to … [Read more...] about Favorite Quotes from Oswald Chambers
Ditching the Training Wheels
"All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. Only let us live up to what we have already attained." Philippians 3:15-16 (NIV)I couldn't remember a time when I was more excited in my eight years of living. I had received my purple bike with its flower covered banana seat and its high-winged handle bars … [Read more...] about Ditching the Training Wheels
