I get bored easily. Before I know it, I am stuck in a rut. Usually, it is in a cooking rut. I put together the same ingredients, to create the same dish for the same people – day, after day, after day. I am a better-than-average cook, but…
It takes determination to accomplish the impossible. Determination comes from confidence. But what happens when you lose your confidence, or perhaps never have it to begin with? We’ve all been there. We start off strong as we set out to accomplish a God-sized dream or perhaps a small…
“You gave your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst. For forty years you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing, their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become…
“You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.”1 Peter 3:4 I didn’t want him to see me crying. Tears ran down my cheek, he leaned over, kissed me and…
Fill in the blank. I wish I could ________ . No matter how old you are there is something about wanting to know that you are good at something. Not just something, but something that matters. Something that makes a difference. And let’s be honest, most of us…
Here comes the bride, all dressed in green – wait a minute. Didn’t you hear? Green. I love a white wedding dress. But when my youngest daughter, her bridesmaids and I recently went shopping for the dress of her dreams, they were all sorts of colors! Don’t get…
When I was a teenager, I didn’t dream of happily ever after. I didn’t fashion my wedding dress in my mind, nor did I think about Mr. Right. Dating was just a “thing” you did. I was afraid. I was angry. I didn’t understand. I had a first-row…
Her situation was desperate, but her strength overcame it. Rahab, the harlot, most likely entered a life of prostitution at a young age. Trapped in the city of Jericho, where no one comes in and no one comes out, she was tough, street smart and brave. Perhaps she…
