It’s 4:00 a.m. My spirit rises from sleep. The faces of those I have sought to love surface in front of me. And I wonder why I do it. Wouldn’t it be easier to live safe, hunkered down with my husband, three kids, in our big house, large property, looking forward to retirement in just a […]
When You Feel No Peace. UNITE Link Party
I am not sure what state we were in. One of the thirty-two we had traveled in that blue, seventies van; carrying a refrigerator, four beds, and my family. We drove as open roads took us to places I had only heard of; The Gulf of Mexico, Grand Canyon, Custer’s Last Stand, and Mount Rushmore…. Across […]
Let Faith Lead Your Footsteps in 2016
I had a schedule, a plan; take care of my children, do devotions, lead Bible Study, and just quietly live life like a “good” Christian. What I hadn’t expected was the storm of interruptions, the journey God had me on, filled with more curved than straight lines, more difficult than easy living. Maybe your like me, […]
Q & A Interview With Cheryl
Know those kind of people where you just know that you know God connected your hearts. Well, Cheryl is one of them. Cheryl is my friend and a fellow blogger. Only God could take two strangers who have never met, 3,000 miles away…and make them friends. This week, I have the humbling honor and privilege of doing […]
Power Over Your Thread – And the Girl Running with an Infant in the Rain
Rain lashes out sideways. I stroll up in my Rendezvous to the sidewalk near the bus station. My son’s attending University of Washington. I drop him here, to ride the rest of the way to Seattle. Out of the corner of my eye, I see her. A young girl, maybe eighteen or nineteen, t-shirt, sleeveless, shivering […]
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 […]