Years ago, my husband and I were trying to build a house for our family of 6 children. We found the perfect lot and house plan but a glitch was going to hijack our dream. God is pouring out a grace for the impossible things in your life. Check out this video to find out [...]
What do you do when you feel wounded by people who don't even seem to care? What do you do when it seems like those people are going on just fine while you cry, pace the floor and desperately seek a solution? I've been walking with the Lord long enough to know that when I've been driven to my knees in searing soul-pain, I better make good use of that time on my knees. When I was on my knees, crying and writing in my journal, I heard the Lord say, "Lay it down."
Continued from “Open Wounds: When the Hurt meets the Healer (Part 1)” Let’s review and expand on my Takeaways from my husband’s hand injury: Men – listen to your wives! I try not to be the “I told you so” wife, but for some reason, when it comes to the care of my family, my [...]
Photo by Ricardo Gomez Angel on Unsplash “Cecily, we have to go to the hospital right NOW!” My husband, John, was standing in the doorway between the mudroom and the garage clutching his hand in a towel. He was still wearing his snow blowing gear and furry hat. It took me a few seconds to process [...]
The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand. Psalm 37:23, 24 Now let’s look at the fall. When I fell three years ago in my house, I fell so hard that my children [...]
The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand. Psalm 37:23, 24 I caught myself just in time. My foot started to slip out from under me as I walked to my car on [...]
Fruit That Remains: Lessons from my journals. These are excerpts from my journals over the years. Some are more current than others. I love going back into my journals because I always get refreshed and re-learn the lessons that the Lord has taught me and that I have faithfully scribed. I can’t [...]
Sometimes when I'm reading the Bible, I am prompted to write out the scripture as a prayer or a declaration for myself or for someone else. Other times, what I have read prompts me to write a prayer of dedication as I did in the journal excerpt below. As I am reading in Daniel chapter [...]
Was Jesus like Spider Man? Was He human one minute, changing into a superhero the next?? I used to struggle silently with these questions because it made no sense to me how Jesus could operate at such a miraculous level. It seemed to me as though God gave Jesus an unfair advantage during his life [...]
Have you ever known that there is a change that you need to make in your life but you have absolutely NO desire to execute that change? Have you ever wrestled with the impossibility that you will be able to follow through or be successful in making the change you know is needed? Maybe you [...]
On Sunday, August 20th, the Lord impressed this word on my heart and I shared it with our congregation. I, the Lord your God, am a consuming fire. I am the God who makes days, times and seasons. And your times are in my hands. The times of all creation are in My hands. Make [...]
Stamina is an urgent need if we are going to finish the race that the Lord has set before us. Therefore, we must increase our stamina. To illustrate what I mean by increasing stamina, let me use my friend as an example. My friend runs long distances and has a trainer. When she began training [...]
I have a problem with a serious urge to quit when things are unraveling. Or when the uphill trudge just goes on and on with no end in sight. I assume that it’s tightly braided into my perfectionism and my need for relentless improvement. One of my core values (my default personality) drives me to [...]
Genesis 15:1 After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield,your very great reward. ” 19 years ago, I was a single mom with four children, cleaning houses to provide for the kids and trying to figure out what happened to the [...]
