Encouragement
Cruel Summer?
Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember you—even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan, from the land of Mount Mizar. I hear the tumult of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me. But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me, and through…
Carnival Of Christian Writers
I’ve been pretty lax in advertising my own carnival these last several months, but it’s a good one! You won’t want to miss it! Just click on the button!
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…
It’s All a Misunderstanding
Have you ever been misunderstood? Your intentions misjudged? Your actions or words misread? It’s not a good feeling. Often, we become hurt and defensive. We begin to question and doubt ourselves. It can lead to conflict without and within. In Joshua 22, the twelve tribes of Israel have settled in the Promised…
A Writer’s Reading Observations
Creston Mapes Todd and Jedd Hafer Ted Dekker TL Hines Mike Dellosso What do these names have in common? They’re the authors of the last books I’ve really liked. And I’m beginning to realize that some of my favorite books all have male protagonists and are written by men. So what does that say about…
Pressure and Time
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflet the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18 NIV Have you ever stopped to consider how our lives as Christians are comparable to the life of a diamond? It…
Tell-a-Marketer
Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me. Psalm 66:16 NIV Brrrriiiiinnngggg! The shrill of the phone interrupts the race across the keyboard as my fingers pour out thoughts. “Hello,” I say in my nicest “you’ve-just-messed-up-my-thought-process” voice. “Mrs., umm- Hatcher?” A telemarketer. I know…
Alpha and Omega
I make known the end from the beginning,from ancient times, what is still to come,I say; My purpose will stand,and I will do all that I please. Isaiah 46:10 (NIV) A good book is hard to come by, isn’t it? There have been so many times I have been wound up in a plot or the inner…
Writing on Tablets
I was sitting at my computer trying to accomplish some writing goals. I read the same paragraph I had just written several times, not because it needed to be edited that many times, but because every time I would almost complete reading it, one of my children would come into the room. One needed…