Growing up, how did your family handle problems? Did you all sit down and discuss it? Did you sweep it under the rug so no one knew? What do you do when you are in the midst of something terrible? Who do you turn to when life feeds you something horrible? What do you do,… Continue reading Suffering

We don’t get a lot of things, and many things are overlooked when we read our Bibles. The Holy Spirit can guide us and others can explain what they think certain passages mean, and that is a blessing from God. One of the things we overlook many times is the correlation between Jerusalem, or Zion,… Continue reading The City

At our house we love The Andy Griffith Show. There is one episode where Andy is allowing his son, Opie, to learn a hard lesson. Andy makes Opie pay for a window he broke. Andy could have paid for it, but he chose to let Opie learn a lesson. I think as a parent it… Continue reading Lessons

In the past my husband and I have tried to watch a movie or a TV show only to turn it off and never watch it again. Why you may ask? The language and the sexuality in it. Just looking through Instagram this morning at people’s stories, one young man I know was saying the… Continue reading Watch Out!

I have written about this before, but I feel it deserves another visit as it is on my heart today. When I was a kid, our family went to the ocean every year. My daddy had made a friend in the Navy who lived in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, and we would visit him. I loved… Continue reading Oceans

Isn’t it ironic how we are attracted to some people’s personalities but not others? A lot of that has to do with their outlook on life. Most likely, we’ll be attracted to those who are similar to us. What traits do we like in others? This led me to thinking about Jesus. What must His… Continue reading Attraction

When we are kids, life is forever changing. We are growing physically, emotionally, and hopefully, spiritually. We change grades each year in school. We change sports each season. So many wonderful changes when we are young! Then, we long for the days things will be the same when we are older. But… I’m not sure… Continue reading Constant

Growing up in the church, I remember singing many songs. Two I’m thinking about this morning are Come Fill My Cup and Would You Be Poured Out. There are many analogies used in the Bible by which we can choose to live. What does it mean to be poured out? For whom are we poured… Continue reading A Full Cup

As I watch the sun rise this morning, a song is on my mind and heart. It’s called One Day. Our youth group would sometimes sing it. I have it on my phone, and I like the message. We can say ‘one day’ about a lot of things. One day we’ll understand. One day we’ll… Continue reading One Day

My great, great grandfather lived in Texas with his family back in the late 1800s. The story goes that one day he told his wife he was going away, and if he wasn’t back by a certain time, she was to take their two kids and herself to Tennessee. He left, never to be heard… Continue reading Just Gone