“Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But, I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.” ~ Luke 22:31-32 Ever felt like sifted wheat? What can we learn from this passage? There can be a sifting before a […]
A Prayer of Faith in Times of Darkness
Because of my confession of faith in Jesus Christ and a life lived admitting I am a sinner saved by grace, I am bought, purchased, paid for, and my life is His. I am a daughter of the Most High. Set free, redeemed, chosen, called, ordained by The Great, “I Am” to live without sin or […]
The Black Eyed, Four-Year-Old and How Our “Holes” Can Be Made “Whole”
“Do you have a pair of socks I can borrow? Size four.” A preschool-aged boy sits in the entry of our door, sheepishly looking up at me, soaked with shame in his eyes. One black sock, another white. A hole so large, his feet freeze right through, this cold fall night. Frost blanketing his life. His black […]
“What’s Justice?” My Nine-Year-Old Asks. UNITE Linky
I never saw God as just. It hits me as I sit stunned in my dirty-brown pub chairs, arms leaning on my lap-top, studying the word, “tzedek” meaning, “righteousness” and “justice” in Hebrew. I have been burdened with this word, “justice” ever since I started homeschooling and my nine-year-old’s inquisitive mind kept asking what “justice” was. […]
Drowning Terrorist Fears And Social Media Wars To Follow Your Calling
I’m just as human as the next guy (or gal). I see the black masks, hear the endless media portrayals of what happened in Paris on Friday the 13th. I know the reality. There are hidden cells, people who look just like you and me waiting to go around and blow themselves up… Worse yet, they […]
What Does Loving Without Judging Look Like?
We have all heard, “Don’t judge”. It’s the equivalent of, “get out of my business”. Or, “I don’t want your input into whatever it is I am doing (good or bad)”. But Jesus came to break our chains, make a ways for us to get past the walls put between us, as people. Jesus called out […]