Tag Archives: God

Fire and Water | My Cup Overflows

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I’m certainly afflicted. It’s been hard. In Psalm 34:19 it states that many are the afflictions of the righteous. In Psalm 66:10-12 it states that You (God) have tested, refined and afflicted. Both verses do not end there. They both say BUT (and oh how I love the “buts” in scripture… oh how I NEED...

Tempest | Now I See You

Job. Yes, Job. We love Job. But we shutter at his story. Permission from God Most High was granted to Satan to bring great trouble to Job. It’s disheartening to read, but also encourages the weariest of hearts. Perhaps one of the most moving is Job’s initial response to his devastation. It was worship. It...

Rejoice, my heart, rejoice!

I was on the front lawn of our old house last week wringing out sopping wet beach towels. We were in the midst of a move and an irrigation catastrophe hit. It not only caused flooding outside our home, but water came into the basement as well. In the midst of great difficulty, there is...

Hiding Place

Dear Friend, I feel your sorrow and your grief although I know I could never come close to understanding what it is like to walk in the difficulty of your shoes. The Lord has given me a word of encouragement for you, so I am blessed you would be finding these words to read right...

Faith

Sue lives next door. She is a determined woman, whom I admire. She has been through a lot in her lifetime. She is single and lives alone. She supports herself and works hard to earn a living and maintain her home. She has three grown daughters and is a little younger than my own mom....

The Hidden Person Inside – Tested

A good teacher will always give tests. A test shows a teacher, and a student, what has been learned and what needs more attention and teaching. I’ve been paying closer attention to kind of testing the Lord uses in the life of His child. I can relate to Peter when he told Jesus, “I will...

Redeemed

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect… If God has called me to be a street sweeper, then I will be the best street sweeper I can be. I am challenged to imagine for a moment that I put every last ounce...