Extra Grace Required! This phrase has most accurately described my life of late! We are a mere five days into the illustrious new year, and so far we have seen nothing but giants! Oy-Gevault sized giants! Giants of lack, funky and unexplainable physical...
I'd rather be in God's goodwill, though it mean a prison cell, than blissfully going my own way, on a slippery path to hell! I'd rather face affliction now, with the victory of faith; than frolic in deception that removes me from His Grace. I'd rather...
To the Champion of our souls! I'm grateful God, that You are real, that I need not fret o'er how I feel! In faith I firmly will proclaim, Complete deliverance in His Name! Knowing, when all around seems worse, I'm still redeemed from sin's dark curse!...
A Reminiscing, Hope-filled Celebration of My Journey to Life! Birthdays. An individual's “New Year's Day” - when one celebrates the gift of life, and tries not to think about the erosion of time that is unavoidably connected to the whole concept. On the...
I don't know what it is about these things that touch “that nerve” in me – but almost every time I see this I just HAVE to respond! I am so Thankful that it is not ALL men! If it were I would NOT be happily married – or - married at all - in fact! So...
Tears streaming she picked up the pieces of her broken heart and life, all she wanted now was a quiet place to think until the pain subsided to a manageable level. Alone, disadvantaged by the fact that she had poured all the best years of her life into...
When the youth cast off the reason and direction of their God-given authorities, when they struggle against the protection of His ordained boundaries (taught, however deficiently, by those authorities), they will soon find that their resulting “freedom”...
Let not my passing bring much relief, nor such a mournful grievance be; But let there be a celebration, of the life I've lived for thee. This Lord is my one desire, may this be my only care, that, when my earthly race is over, those left may sense Your...
As Adam, of creation fame, was shaped from dust, and then given name, I too was made again from what was dust, abused and left to rot. Broken far beyond repair, who could have known that He'd be there, gathering particles, piece by piece, the shatterings...
I love the early mornings! I love to sit and write in the quiet hours, when I can hear the voice of God most clearly. I used to be shy about saying that, because some people think you are crazy if you claim to the hear voice of someone you can not see....
T'was the night before Christmas, and Chanukah too - Day Five! And so down at the Synagogue things are coming alive! The Family Chanukiah's will be kindled with care, To celebrate the victory, a "great miracle happened there"! Later, back at Duncanshire...
For years now this phrase has conjured a wild mix of emotions in my inner being. I am a woman, so of course the romantic force is strong with me! But also, I am a woman who has happened to have lived a long and observant life, and hence has detected a...
Watching her walk away a wave of sorrow engulfed him. He was truly sorry that he had not kept the vows he made. He had meant to this time! He had thought, just for a moment, while they were there, under the arbor in the garden, looking at each other with...
She sat across from him, as though looking at him, but staring past him, almost through him. She had hoped to be “loved and cherished” but she had received only bitterness that felt like hatred, and reviling that felt like anything but “cherishing”. She...
The Two Become One - Not the wife becomes a shadow - Not the husband becomes the invisible man! But both are intended to be made into the image of Christ, who is the glue in the center! We meld into Him, as both work toward leaving their old ways, and...
Fear of sin does not produce righteousness! The reverence for, and faith in, the One who has overcome sin is the only thing that produces righteousness. Not even the fear of offending God produces righteousness, rather it produces a cold, technical, unfeeling,...
I sit here, trying to think of something to blog about. I rarely feel so little stimulation or inspiration. I am tired. Thankfully it is the Sabbath, a time of rest. The problem is that in our culture, the weekend does not necessarily lend itself to restful...
As restless thoughts consume the night, and keeps sleep distant, out of sight, I turn my troubled mind to You, Knowing that You'll see me through. As drama replays in my head, of all that has been done and said, I turn and cry out for the grace, to stay...
Teshuvah, a longing deep inside, one wants to return home, to abide, to return to Father's firm embrace, to His loving, searching, smiling face. Prodigals, we take and use, plunder, spoil and abuse His blessings and inheritance, on fleshly urgings, happenstance....
It has been observed that, "A grave is nothing but a rut with both ends filled in."! I would like to observe further that this proverbial "rut" is real, it is called religion. It is a nasty habit that is much like a rocking chair, there is movement alright,...
What has been pedaled as submission in “church”, (at least the majority of the organizations which bear that title in the south eastern U.S.A.) is a thinly veiled chauvinism, based on a great and ancient evil, which has come to be known, in our times,...
The first decisions of a new lease on life had been made. Inwardly she cried out to God for strength and wisdom, hoping that if He answered she would be able to hear Him, and strong enough to do what He said, for a change! Of all the failures in her life,...
Teshuvah is the Jewish word that has loosely been translated as Repentance, meaning to turn from. But what is lacking in that definition is that there is also something to turn to, or return to, more precisely. Even for those who never actively sought...
I awoke this morning to a great heavy fog, a storm front caused by "the cares of this world" syndrome. The "list" for today's "to-do" looming upon me as the shadow of a great hawk threatening to devour its prey. Definitely not the way one should start...
There is so much real Spirit led preaching about honor these days! And it is all good stuff! However, the point that is still continually being missed, at least in what I have heard so far, is that it is rarely, if ever, applied to the proper honoring...
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