When I was in Israel I learned many lessons about God. In a way they were taught by what I saw around me. Concrete object lessons right from the very land that Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and Jesus walked. The dessert told me stories of great spiritual truths as well as the rushing “living water” that would tumble and bubbly from the base of the mountains! And everywhere I went there were rocks and boulders and stones! Even the very stones cried out their God lessons to me!…
Sunday Scripture
I AM NOT ASHAMED
My bible study, AT THE BIG TABLE, begins this week and I am so excited to welcome back over 60 women! Some have studied with us for years and some are new. Some have walked with the Lord longer than I have and some are seeking what this faith is all about. We are many denominations and backgrounds and personalities. But we gather together to love God’s word and love one another!…
HOW TO BE CERTAIN THAT YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD
Here’s a question we all should think about and know the answer with 100 % certainty. ARE YOU A CHILD OF GOD? Are you sure? How do you know. Here’s the thing… just saying that you are because YOU think so is not always the right answer. There is a way to know for sure if you are God’s own child. Let’s look at that today……
LET’S TALK ABOUT… WHAT IS EVIL?
Have you ever thought about this question… WHAT IS EVIL? Wow, weighty question! And one that we need to answer in our lives. Do you know and can you define what evil is. True evil… not accidents or mistakes… but moral evil. This is not necessarily a feel-good topic but today I want to talk about … WHAT IS EVIL? Oh boy, did I pick a topic that is thick with theology and much debated and explained by scholars who talk and think way above my head! This is not the definitive word on evil …. or……
OUR NEED FOR A KING
Let’s talk about our KING! Yes, we have one. And even if many people don’t recognize Him, he still is KING… OF EVERYTHING including us!!! The bible is replete with scripture that identifies and shows us just who our King is and what He has done for us! One of my favorite biblical books for giving us a wonderful view of Jesus as King is the book of Matthew! This book is so full of the imagery of the “kingdom of God” and what this everlasting kingdom will be like… no wonder the theme of Matthew is “behold,……
A WEDDING AND A FUNERAL
A couple weeks ago I attended a wedding and a funeral all within 24 hours. I was so struck by the similarities of both! Yes, I could find many common threads between these two momentous occasions. First, they were both Christian affairs. God glorifying and uplifting! They were both in a church and guest were invited and a meal was served. There was also a pastor and music. There were both laughter and tears and speeches and prayers. A wedding and a funeral have much more in common than we think! Jesus himself talked about the connection between a wedding……
EVERYONE DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN HIS OWN EYES
Right now I’m doing a study on the book of Judges. Yes, Judges! That Old Testament book that is sandwiched in between the books of Joshua and Ruth. I would guess that Judges is not one of the top 10 favorite book in the bible. I love the Old Testament as much as I love the New. It’s important for all of us who call Jesus our Lord and Savior to know the full council of the word of God… and that includes Judges! The book of Judges is about a very very dark time in the history of Israel….
ONE AMAZING WAY I KNOW THAT GOD IS REAL!
Okay, today I’m going to share some very exciting news and some amazing prophetic scripture! I’m sharing one reason I know, beyond any doubt at all, that God is real. That He is who He says He is… and He can do what He says He can do! There are many reasons I know God is real, but it was not until I began to study prophetic scripture that I came to a deeper understanding of just how great and amazing and all powerful and all knowing and sovereign and holy God really is! He is a God that I……
PROVERB 31 PRINTABLE CHALKBOARD ART
Wishing all women who mothers someone… HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! To download and print this chalkboard art click HERE….
WHAT KIND OF A PRINCESS ARE YOU
When I was a little girl I loved fairy tales! Princesses… and castles… and magic… and handsome princes! I was particularly fond of a little known fairy tale called ROSE RED AND ROSE WHITE… a story about two princesses, one good and one naughty. The illustrations in the book were stunning and beautifully detailed. I was fascinated by those images. One picture really captured my imagination and got my attention… It was a picture of one of the princesses spewing frogs and lizards and flies and snakes up and out of her mouth… while rose petals gracefully fell from the……
WHAT’S YOUR NICKNAME?
Abraham’s well, Beersheba Israel I love when we dig a little deeper than just the text on the pages of the bible we can learn astounding things! Did you know that our great and fabulous, one-of-a kind God has many nicknames? And it makes sense! Do you have a nickname? Not just a shortened version of your given name, but a name of endearment or description given to you by your family, friends or maybe even a bully at school. Names are very important and they often can tell us a lot about a person… names like Big……
WHAT EXACTLY IS PALM SUNDAY?
When I was a little girl my father was stationed overseas and we could not go with him. In the Air Force in those day, that was called going “remote”. We… my mother, my siblings and I, lived with my grandmother during this time. I had an amazing father and I missed my daddy very much. Fourteen months is a long time for a little girl to go without her Daddy! But my mother and grandmother kept us busy with family life and school filled my days and the time passed. These were the days of no smart phones or……
MEETING JESUS ON MY EMMAUS ROAD
Who is the person you would most like to meet in the whole world? What an open question!!!! What if you could sit down and have a long, long talk with them and maybe even share a meal. What would you ask them? Would you bring a list of questions? Would you take pictures? Would you invite anyone else to join you? Is it someone living today? But, what if it could be anyone… past or present? How would you choose?…
WHAT IS DOXOLOGY? YOU WILL BE SO SURPRISED!
I am all about knowing what words really mean… especially when it comes to words Christians use often. Words like glory, amen, hallelujah, faith and so on! Today let’s talk about a wonderful word full and rich with meaning… DOXOLOGY. Many of us have heard this word and have some obscure idea of what it means. I think you will love its meaning and be so surprised!…
HOW TO LOVE PEOPLE WHEN THEY DON’T LOVE YOU
I have a friend that is hard to like sometimes! And I’m sure my friend feels the same way about me… if not worse! I love her dearly, but she is somewhat of a difficult person when it comes to me. We have been friends for decades and our lives have been intertwined. We have shared so many of life’s happiest moments together, and mourned together over life’s devastating blows! But here’s the bottom line… I am a Christian and she is not! And for some reason that often rubs her the wrong way! I often rub her the wrong……
HAVING LUNCH WITH ABRAHAM
Abraham’s well, Beersheba Israel When you go to heaven which person from the Bible do you most want to meet? God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit not included! My list is very very long… Mary, the Apostles, James the brother of Jesus, Adam, Eve, David, all the Prophets, Moses, Joshua and Caleb,Mary Magdalene, Mary and Martha and Lazarus, Jabez, the woman at the well, Barnabas and Silas… The list goes on and on. Thankfully, I will have all eternity to meet and talk and be with other saints! What I would really like is if there was a……
THE FATHER’S LOVE LETTER
Thanks you my Abba!Happy Father’s Day!…
ONE LITTLE LIFE
photo credit-night sky with stars by Just2shutterIf you could summarize what you would want for your life in one sentence what would it be?Wow! What a big question. Have you ever thought about condensing your life’s meaning into just a few words? Sifting through all the day-to-day, the mundane, the internal clutter, the noise and the business of life and getting your life’s goal into such focus that you can pinpoint it’s meaning into one concise, easy to understand thought! If you could do that, you would have a central theme around which your whole live and everything you do would turn.Can……
WHY IS THE ACCOUNT OF CHRIST’S BIRTH IN ONLY TWO OF THE FOUR GOSPELS… VERY INTERESTING!
I love the Christmas story as it is told in the Bible… in the books of Matthew and Luke!But, I think the most famous telling of Jesus’ birth is Luke 2…From the Bible to Charlie Brown’s Christmas Pageant, this story has been told for centuries!But do you know why the birth of Jesus is only told in two of the four gospels (the story of Jesus living on earth)? Very interesting…(I know this is a long post, but I hope you will be blessed by reading it)Here is the Birth of Christ as you probably have know it from Luke’s……
THANKING GOD WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART
photo credit: nuchyleeToday’s Sunday Scripture was originally prepared last week, but due to my surgery recovery it was not posted. I think it is still applicable as we go into the Advent season.I recently did a survey on my Facebook page and asked…”WHAT IS YOUR VERY FAVORITE HOLIDAY?”Not surprising to me, the #1 favorite holiday was…THANKSGIVINGby a long shot! It was almost a runaway!Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday too, with Christmas a very close second!Thanksgiving is an All-American holiday. First celebrated in the fall of 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Indians as a day to thank God and remember all……
SUNDAY SCRIPTURE~ OUR JUST REWARDS
photo sourceI recently had the opportunity to hear Bruce Wilkerson (a best selling Christian author) speak.His message was so profound and so thought provoking, I was going to write about it today…BUT, why write about it… when you can see and hear it!Bruce is talking to the student body at Liberty University at a convocation service.As Bruce addressees the students, pretend he is talking directly to you.Now here is my challenge…HOW ARE YOU SPENDING YOUR LIFE?Click HERE to listen to this powerful message. …
TOO MANY TOMATOES OR THE SPIRITUAL TRUTH OF SEED MULTIPLICATION!
Today’s Sunday Scripture is number 2 in a series… Lessons From My Garden. To see the first post”THE PROMISE IS IN THE SEED” click HERE.I met Martha Stewart… yes, I did! It was in early March of 1989. I went to see her give a slide show presentation on gardening. It was awesome!!! I was totally enthralled with her fabulous gardens… especially her vegetable garden!After the presentation I stood in a long long line clutching her new gardening book to my breast waiting for a brief audience with the queen of “it’s a good thing”!She signed her Gardening Book for me and……
