Faith
From the Inside Out!
Earlier this year I finished my novel Sweet September (Guideposts). It is an amazing story about acceptance. And about coming to terms with the course God has designed for you. It’s also a story about realizing that sometimes we need to stop looking at the destination (of striving to get “someplace”) and instead discover joy…
Fear of Falling
Sometimes in life you feel like a child racing down a snow-encrusted hill on the thin rails of one of those old wood and metal sleds. Remember them? Man, could we fly. When the snow was packed hard and the temperature was in the teens, those metal sleds were like white lightning. The freedom, the…
Those Roaming Eyes
You ever wonder if God is really watching? Have there been times in life when some little voice in your head says, “God missed that one. He musn’t have been paying attention or He never would have let that happen to you”? Of course we know God is all-knowing and all-seeing, but still at times…
Little By Little
I remember what is was like looking at published authors. They seemed to have everything together … and I seemed so lost on God’s plan for me. I’ve been looking back at old journals and it helps to remember how far God has brought me. Maybe this will also encourage those of you who are…
Of Car Washes & New Binders
A friend and I were talking. She was telling me how annoyed she got one day last week. The story went like this. Monday was a beautiful day, so she decided to get a car wash. Her white car shone in the bright summer sun—clean down to the white wall tires. She was so proud…
The Value of “Losing”
For me the question of trusting God is not so much a question of whether trusting God works but a question of looking at the stark evidence presented by my own experience of living closely with Him that it does every single time—win or lose. Many people treat God like a vending machine. “I want…
Woman
We were supposed to study Adam and Eve in Sunday School. As the teacher, I had been boning up on Genesis and the whole getting thrown out of the garden thing for weeks. I knew the story. I knew about when God came back into the Garden of Eden after the fall, and Adam and…
Legislating Love
Rules. Rules are such a paradox for the human race. We need rules. Instinctively we know that because without rules, how would we know what is acceptable and what isn’t? However, we hate rules. We hate the burden of rules, learning the rules, keeping the rules. It’s as if the rules rub against our spirit…
The Vow by Ed Gungor
The first time I heard Ed Gungor speak was when I was at Missionary Boot Camp in college getting ready to spend 6 weeks in Nigeria. He was fun and passionate about Jesus. What I remember most is his silly songs that got the college kids all riled. He was down to earth and real.…
Something to think about
My mother-in-law sent me this and I wanted to share. You may have seen this before floating around the Internet, but it has some interesting things to think about as God’s children. No more excuses now. God can use you to your full potential. Besides you aren’t the message, you are just the messenger. Share…