“Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that you will govern all.” Elizabeth Elliot wrote these words despite the fact that her husband, Jim Elliot, was slain by the exact tribe he had been ministering to, in Equador. I am sure Elizabeth didn’t expect to be a widow, […]
Living In A Day When Christians Are Being Hunted. UNITE Linky
I keep having these dreams of warfare. Even now in my foggy state this morning while most of my house is still sleeping… I see guns pointed, gangs of unbelievers collecting Christians from the crowd. A vicious people rising to take out those of us who confess of the name of Christ. And in all of […]
Why We Must Have A “Yet”, In A World Getting Darker. UNITE LINKY
“Oh Lord, how long shall I cry, and you will not hear me?” Habakkuk Chapter One starts out with these words from a minor prophet. He goes on to ask questions like, “Are you not from everlasting, oh Lord my God, my Holy One?” And, “You are of purer eyes than to behold evil…you cannot look […]
Are You A Strong Woman?
I had heard it in the rumblings, in the quiet tornado spinning, chasing, drawing like a magnet to anyone claiming, “Christ”… And like a splattering and raining, I stand still and hear Him whispering, “It’s a day to surround ourselves with other strong believers”. Still, I spin further, imagining well polished speakers; those with large ministries, […]
When You Don’t Know Who You Are
There it lay, a face. Staring back at me from the asphalt, burning under the hot afternoon heavens. And I wondered why this lamented card used to identify us; was left, abandoned, distant from the one who owned it. I pick it up, read it. Realizing with it there is the power to drive, buy things, […]
Every Women’s Battle. UNITE
We are in a war. A very real, tangible war. One we don’t see at all, with our physical eyes. One that plays out in the recesses of our mind. I talk to the young person, wavering doubt, the older woman fighting to live her life for something more than bank accounts and fancy houses. I […]