“According to Persecution.org, 200 million Christians are being persecuted in the world today for their faith.” Yet, for the most part the media is silent. While in the mountains of Guatemala, I met an arm-less man filled with Jesus. A missionary there explained to us, a “neighbor” cut it off with a machete because he converted to […]
A church exodus. I see it all around. Young people today are leaving God’s-house. While statistics tell us, smaller churches will be gobbled up in even greater proportions in years to come. And I grieve at the disrepair and disrespect people have for His temple. And though we are the residence of the living God. Our […]
“We must work the works of Him Who sent Me and be busy with His business while it is daylight; night is coming, when no man can work.” ~ JesusI have spent much of my childhood blind. Looking back now, it was as if a dark cloud muted my sound, my thoughts, my sight, my understanding. […]
We pass him along the gravel road in the middle of Dominican Republic. “He is going to kill me,” he says walking fast in the opposite direction. His eyes fixed. Not darting to look at anyone. But I knew he was talking to us. “I am going to kill him first.” He mutters. Robotic. Long strides […]
The world is filled with excuses. I know. I am the creator of the best of them. I have pulled them on, dug them up, lassoed every excuse of why I can’t live fully for God. You too? See there is just something about smallness that makes us want to breath deep and crawl up into […]
I shared this over at my private Facebook page and thought I’d post it here too! If anything, I just really want YOU to know…it doesn’t matter how broken, or lost, or dysfunctional your life may seem to you… God can use YOU…. As a little girl I was drawn to the missionaries who came from around the […]