Thirsty Thursdays
I can’t get my mind off of it now. A few days ago I read again the account of when Moses saw the burning bush, you know the one that was burning but would not burn out. Moses was curious, but completely unaware that he had actually stumbled into the very Presence of God. The thought came to mind, “Moses, HOLY was in your face!” Exodus 3:3-6 (Msg) gives me the impression that had God not spoken out loud, Moses may have paused, but then just walked on by. “Moses said, ‘What’s going on here? I can’t believe this! [...]
Female Fridays
I am a slow burn. My family of origin had a very firm, but unspoken rule: don’t show anger. I literally can not remember more than one time when either of my parents unleashed anger in a public manner. So, I learned to do a slow burn, meaning I smiled sweetly on the outside, while my stomach churned on the inside and my face went from pink to fire-red. In other words, I wasn’t allowed – no, rather it was expected that in the event I might get “all worked up” over something, there was actually no place to [...]
Wedded Wednesdays
Taking a break from our regularly scheduled Wedded Wednesday… I decided to post a video blog today. Click on the video below to view a quick message on keeping it simple during this Christmas season. Every year I tell myself that my focus is going to be where it should be, but it seems that I always seem to fall short! Do you ever find yourself overwhelmed? Too much to do? Wrapped up in details? God didn’t make Christmas complicated, but it sure is easy for me to make it that way. My hope is that I keep my eyes [...]
Female Fridays
Okay how many times have you day dreamed about sitting with your feet up and doing absolutely nothing all day? Perhaps you’ve longed to just watch TV or old movies all day. Maybe there is a book series you are anxious to dive into? The dream vanishes, and you are snapped right back into the reality of 4 loads of laundry to wash, a pile of clean clothes to put away, a dishwasher that’s waiting to be unloaded, and toilets to scrub. As I journey through the mundane, the little glimpses of lounging around still pop into my head and oh how [...]
Thirsty Thursdays
There has been a situation in a close friend’s life that left me feeling so helpless. Since I’m a doer, I especially hate this. I’ve already run through all the ways I could help. But it hasn’t made a real difference. Yesterday morning while I was sitting on my back porch with my hot cup of coffee and spiced pumpkin bread (yummy), the Lord got me. It seems ridiculous really, I should’ve heard His leading before. But His message was simply to pray. To pray like I mean it. So right there I prayed hard for this person and the [...]
Miscellaneous / Thirsty Thursdays
She had been under the care of many doctors. All of her money went towards finding a cure for her condition. However, instead of getting better, she was getting worse. She had been bleeding for twelve years. This condition isolated her, as she was considered ceremonially unclean. Anyone who touched her would have been considered unclean as well. The story of this woman is found in three of the four gospels in the Bible (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) and has always fascinated me. When I was younger, the story was intriguing to me because she was healed by simply touching the [...]
Thirsty Thursdays
There is a verse that slapped me upside the head this past week. One that totally took me by surprise because I’ve heard it about a million times in the past few decades of being in church. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters. Colossians
Thirsty Thursdays
One hot, summer night at an amusement park, I heard the words I’ve been dreading. “Mom, I want to ride that roller coaster, and I’m tall enough now.” My anxiety set in. What if she is traumatized? What if the seatbelt doesn’t fasten correctly? My mind was spinning out of control. Even though
Miscellaneous / Thirsty Thursdays
Acts 3: 1-11 tells the story of a man who usually sat at the Temple gate called “Beautiful” to beg for provisions. On this particular day, Peter and John were entering the Temple from that very gate and the man asked them for a handout. He might as well have been the beggar at the street corner. Peter
Female Fridays
My parents divorced when I was three. My dad remarried and had a family. He was happy. For years, I thought … I wasn’t good enough. I was a rebellious teenager and had low self-esteem. I made stupid decisions. The divorce, although it may have contributed to my issues, did not give me an excuse
