The Holy Spirit impressed on me an edit I needed to make to a post 12 hours after I published it. Three words need to be added to give credit where due. Paul, although an incredible servant of Jesus was just a man. His words captured in scripture are the work of the Holy Spirit….
I didn’t stay up until midnight on New Year’s eve, and I got sober years ago, morning will come at the same time the next day Lord willing. Why be tired? I want a new broom for my birthday, and I have held a 20-minute conversation extolling the merits of my O-cedar mop (if you…
As I moved through morning farm chores a word was put on my heart, sacrifice. My typical thought would be to think of the sacrifice of Jesus for sinners like me. But this word was a different version of sacrifice, personal sacrifice, MY sacrifice. 24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners…
I was talking to my husband the other day about just how fast this year has gone by. I think most of us reflect like this when a new year is on the horizon. How did the last 12 months go by so quickly, birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, funerals, and just like that another year has…
I have a burden on my heart, and I know it was put there by the Holy Spirit. My heart aches, and I don’t know the right words. I cannot figure out how to pour the burden onto paper and how to lay my heartache down so all can see. So, I pray that the…
Over the past month, my daughter has been having nightmares, scary thoughts, and dreams that keep her from peacefully sleeping. I am occasionally afflicted with nightmares and can relate to the emotional terror of a bad dream, it is new for her. My daugher cannot handle the darkness that intrudes on her childhood peace, each…
Does the world seem crazy? Have your values and views as a Christian caused you to lose friends? Have you been hesitant to speak the truth to others because of the possibility of rejection or persecution? If anyone is willing to bravely declare, all the above I am right there with you. You are my…
I read an article years ago, and for some reason, I started thinking about it again today. It was about patience and willpower, the premise was that we as humans had a finite amount of both and once it was gone for the day, it was gone. Poof no more! Although the assertion made sense,…
My daughter was assembling a Lego sleigh this morning in the dark. Only the glow of the fire to light the room, the sun slumbering as it does on these Winter days. I was reading the Bible out loud as she assembled the toy and my son snuggled next to me asking questions like “what’s…
We have a post at the corner of our pasture fence line. The post is made from a large log and at a distance it looks like a great horned owl. I helped install this post last summer when we redid our south fence line. I have touched that corner post with my own hands,…