"So it is with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. In that day you will no longer ask me anything. I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name."John 16:22-23 (NIV)One year after our arrival in the Congo in 1978, my parents started the first of three Bible colleges on our mission station of … [Read more...] about Thundering Heaven on Our Knees
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Truly Satisfied
"Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days." Psalm 90:14"Mama, if you get me Annie, I won't ask for anything else for my birthday this year," my youngest, almost-eight-year-old daughter informed me the other day."Honey, we already have a puppy; I don't think we need another dog to take care of." [I don't need another dog to take care … [Read more...] about Truly Satisfied
Purpose Driven Joy
"That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.” But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets." 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 (New Living Translation)In 1981, another American missionary family, … [Read more...] about Purpose Driven Joy
The Beauty of Brokenness
My sacrifice [the sacrifice acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart [broken down with sorrow for sin and humbly and thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise. Psalm 51:17 (Amplified Bible)It was December 1987 and I was one of thousands of people on the University of Illinois campus at Urbana/Champaign. We were all together for Urbana '87, one … [Read more...] about The Beauty of Brokenness
I Will Bless Your Name Forevermore
"Shout with joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious! Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you." Psalm 66:1-3 (NIV)I absolutely love music. Music was the tapestry that was woven into the background of my years in my parents' home. Everyone in my family is completely taken … [Read more...] about I Will Bless Your Name Forevermore
Thoughts on Burned Grass
"But now, this is what the LORD says— he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will … [Read more...] about Thoughts on Burned Grass
