This summer has been a faith-stretching time for me. I have had several disappointments which have made me wrestle with the Lord over what I know in my head to be true and what my heart is struggling to believe to be true. I have not done well with fear this summer. It has threatened to overwhelm me. Instead of living in the present, I have lived several months or years into the future and have … [Read more...] about 20 Minutes to a New Perspective
Archives for August 2010
What Will They Remember?
From the time I could pick up a doll, I have wanted to be a mother. I used to fill up pages in my notebook with the future names of my children. I would daydream about their hair color, their abilities, and what we would do together. In my mind's eye, there would be no hard days. I would always have time for my children, never have a day in which I lacked patience, and would always be able to help … [Read more...] about What Will They Remember?
12 Reasons I Am Crazy About Him
I had such a skewed view of who God was during my college and young adult years. Because I was involved in some things I was deeply ashamed over, I became afraid of Him. I just knew He was waiting to zap me, that He could never use me, and that I would never be able to conquer the sickening cycles of sin that I was involved in. I seemed trapped. I would cry tears of remorse, but not be able to … [Read more...] about 12 Reasons I Am Crazy About Him
He Has the Right – That’s Why
God has the right to do whatever He wants with me...or not.Something is slowly dawning on me. I am in the process of head knowledge becoming heart knowledge. That process is long and tedious and is something I have been coming to realize in bits and pieces over the last three or four years. I am reading through the greatest revolutionary tool of my spiritual life for the 12th time - the One Year … [Read more...] about He Has the Right – That’s Why
A Raging Fire
Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. James 3:5-6 (NIV)Scripture says that our mouths tell on us constantly. The tongue … [Read more...] about A Raging Fire
Bread Baking Messes
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."Romans 5:8 (NIV)Yesterday my almost ten-year-old daughter asked me, "Mom, have you ever made bread?"I laughed at out loud at the memory that question evoked. My sister was Jenna's age and my older daughter was my age (12) when we decided to open our own bakery in the bush of Congo. Our family would … [Read more...] about Bread Baking Messes