Our women’s group did a study this month on the names of God and it has been so impactful on my prayer life that I wanted to share one of my favorite names of God with you today- El Shaddai. This name for God appears over 40 times in the Old Testament mostly in Genesis […]
What’s Influencing You?
Recently I had a conversation with my toddler that made me realize how much the world around us really influences us in ways we may not even realize. As you know we are in the Christmas season. I was telling him what our plans were for the week of Christmas. He likes to know what’s […]
“Merry Christmas”?
“Merry Christmas!” “Have you been a good little girl?” “Is Santa coming to see you this year?” These are often things that we say to children at Christmas time. To adults we say things like, “Merry Christmas! “Is your tree up yet?” “Is your shopping done?” Notice what (WHO) is not mentioned in those […]
Help Me
Matthew 14:22-32 tells a story I have heard many many times starting in Sunday school to present day. Most of us have heard or read it ourselves over the years. It is the story of Jesus walking on water. I hate to say it had become a story I know but never really examined. There […]
Cloudy Day
Recently my email server had an update and suddenly I was not able to access my work emails. Now mind you, it had been warning me it was going to update for weeks, but I thought if I just ignored it, I would be able to sneak under the radar and not have to learn […]
Finding Joy
“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.” James 1:2-3. I have been reminding myself of this verse a lot these past few weeks. The trials seem to just keep coming one on top of another, some minor ones […]
What Do You Miss
We all have memories. If we’re lucky, we especially have Thanksgiving and Christmas memories. Maybe you had a small family and the holidays were a quiet restful time together. Maybe your family is pretty big and this time of year was crazy and loud. I came from a big family on both Dad and Mom’s […]
But God
When I was in paralegal school we learned about the “but- for test”. To put it simply, when prosecuting a case, the attorney must show that the plaintiff’s injuries were the result of the defendant’s actions. In other words, “but-for” the defendant doing X this wouldn’t have happened. For example, Bob runs a red […]
How Strong Are You?
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 When I was a child, most of my family lived in my neighborhood. My paternal Grandfather took the farm in which his home was built and subdivided it into lots for […]