Like Clay
"Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel." (Jeremiah 18:6, NASB) "God knows how to bring salvation to your family, your friends, your...
Say
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Say. What can I say? It's been a long season, a longer than usual stretch of time. It's been a challenging time, with ups and downs....
A Call to Worship {{Let’s Have Coffee}}
"Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our Makers. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand." (Psalm 95:6-7a,NASB) The heading in my Bible calls this "A Call to Worship." We might even say we are being...
The Whisper of God
It snowed the other night. Not enough to be bothersome and in need of shoveling. It was the soft, quiet, and gentle snow that covers just enough to blanket the trees and grass in a white beauty. I open my book in the early morning and read: “I will hearken what the...
Time and Opportunities
My children are all grown and with children of their own. Yet I cannot forget the feeling which overcame me each time I gave birth as I held each of them. It was a most overwhelming emotion. As I sat in the stillness of my hospital room during the midnight hours, I...
Seek Relationship Not Ritual
"They did not say, ‘Where is the Lord, Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness?" (Jeremiah 2:6, NASB) "Christianity is an intimate, growing relationship with the person of Jesus Christ. It is not a set of doctrines to believe,...