How in the world could Isaac and my hopes and dreams have anything remotely in common? As you all know, backstory first. Isaac, the much anticipated and longed-for-son Abraham and Sarah had prayed for and that God had promised Abraham descendants that would exceed the...
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The other day I had my praise and worship music playing quietly in the background while I was reading my daily devotional (more out of habit and less about devotion), when I read a line with the phrase, “I set you apart”. Simultaneously the song...
Last week my Bible study group read about the infamous denial of Peter right after Jesus was arrested. Small backstory: Jesus predicted that Peter would deny him three times, Peter said he would never do such a thing, then not longer after Jesus was arrested,...
Gideon. One of the unsung heroes of the Bible. Or one we typically forget as compared to the champion characters of the Bible like Noah and Moses. Gideon and his men were the weakest men of the weakest tribe, basically bottom of the barrel as...
We forget God. This is a topic that’s preached frequently, and yet we still do it, we forget Him, maybe that’s why it’s preached frequently. When things are going well, finances, health, relationships, everything is stable, we forget to make time for God. That is...
God gave me the phrase, “fruitful in a famine” sometime last month after my Bible study group was wrapping up reading Joseph’s story of helping Pharaoh feed a nation during the 7 years of famine. That was the working title of this post until today...
Each morning I start my day with coffee and my devotional, that is until December hit and visions of Christmas activities swam through my head: shopping, family visits, all the Christmas parties, and The Nutcracker. I began to reach for my planner before my Bible,...
For the last 14 years I’ve spent Thanksgiving in the woods of Oklahoma. Every year since my husband was born, no I’m not being dramatic–he went out there as an infant–he’s gone to the “hills” for 9 or so days to hunt and camp on...
Leave it to Dr. Seuss to be introspective with the most simple words and let’s not forget that they RHYME. Ever since my eldest was little I always found Oh, the Places You’ll Go! to be completely poetic. The rhythmic lines come out as a...