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We don’t need to look too hard at our days to see how each one is a blessing! Here are some ideas. “Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days” (Psalm 90:14.) This morning I woke up discouraged. Two very close friends have serious…
“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:19 (ESV) I remember vividly a few years ago when I was introduced to a concept called grounding in a counseling session. I was recalling…
“Lord, he whom you love is ill.” John 11:3 (ESV) It had been almost three years since my husband was first diagnosed with a type of blood cancer. Out of necessity, his health trumped mine. And yet I couldn’t ignore that something wasn’t right with my own body. So, the doctor visits and tests began. With…
“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” I Thessalonians 5:18 (ESV) My husband could hear her crying all the way from his home office upstairs. She was nearly sobbing with despair. So you can understand why he’d come running with such a sound. I tried to…
Sometimes all our wonderful plans actually get in the way of caring for the hearts closest to us. “With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love.” Ephesians 4:2 (ESV) Close. That’s how people often describe our relationship. Both friends and strangers alike comment on it. “You and your daughter seem…
God’s goodness can be found if we would only look up from our pain so we can see it. I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living! Psalm 27:13 ESV I almost stayed in bed that morning. I wasn’t sure that I wanted to go…
Walk in the worth and beauty God created you to be. You are His and He loves you. “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1 ESV I watched as the toddler’s chubby fingers formed firmly around the object of her immediate affection. Her muscles…
Falling in love with God again can change your life, especially in this chaotic world we’re living in. His steady love can keep you grounded. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV) I’m old enough to…
Walking through the middle of the hard may be just the opportunity we need to trust God. “In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may…
“Trusting God while life grows uncertain or unbearable can help you stay centered in Him and His purpose for you.” Two weeks ago, I woke up feeling out of sorts and went into the kitchen to brew my usual extra-dark morning iced coffee. As I stood at the coffee bar patiently watching the Morning Joe…
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.” Isaiah 1:18 (ESV) It’s snowing outside today. Our first snow. Big flakes coming down at an angle in the wind. Snow reminds…
How can you hope to get through when it feels so heavy? “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” ~ Galatians 6:9 (ESV) What has you feeling overwhelmed and weary today? It’s a temptation we all feel at different times in our…
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