“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”. Â 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 […]