This year, through December, I pondered the word ‘light’. God prompted me to study it and made me curious about Jesus being called the Light of the World. Some people, trying to minimize the secular nature of Christmas, say that the lights on the tree represent Jesus being the light of the world. So what…
I was looking around my house and feeling quite overwhelmed at the mess that met my view. Baskets of produce needing to be processed joined piles of papers that needed to be sorted and filed. Couch slipcovers were rumpled while blankets and discarded sweatshirts lay strewn about. And I hadn’t cleaned the bathrooms in a…
Keep on Keeping On. Persevere. To persevere, according to Oxford Languages, means to “continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success.” Seasons of waiting require perseverance and can be so hard, especially when days turn into months and months turn into years. While…
We are coming up on a monumental event in our country. We are called to cast a vote based on Christian values.
“Where is your hope?” I remember sitting in a therapist’s room with Big Bro during one of his mental health crisis episodes a few years ago and hearing her ask him that question. She was probing for an answer like “my cat”, “friends”, or something superficial. As I waited for him to come up with…
Limitations. It’s safe to say we all have them in some way, shape or form. Paul described his as a thorn in the flesh, which he asked God to remove three times but was told no. Maybe yours are circumstantial, maybe physical, but they all make us stumble or hold us back. Often we find…
Before there was religion, there was relationship with God. God recently brought that concept to mind as I have been thinking through life as I process what I have been through in the past few years. I’ve noticed my legalistic background with lots of “thou shalt” and “thou shalt nots” had a deep effect on…
How is 2024 shaping up so far? Here in western New York, we have been blessed with some snow and cold but mild temperatures. The kids have made snowmen and got a little sledding in, and I’m making progress in restoring order. Big Bro is settled into a vocational school, and his routine has brought…
I don’t know about you, but I’m glad Halloween is over. There is clearly a need for some light in the darkness. The decorations grieve my spirit because they reveal a dangerous lack of understanding of God’s holiness. It seems that the more accepted woke culture is in our society, the more satanic and demonic…
So far in this series about Christian patience, we have learned its role in helping us endure trials, discovered it is something even King David had to learn, and got a glimpse into what it takes to develop it. Now we will discover why God develops Christian patience within us during seasons of waiting- waiting…