One of my favorite sayings is quirky, but it works for me. You can’t stop a bird from flying over your head, but you can stop it from building a nest in your hair. (Martin Luther) The craziest thoughts go through our heads, right? Those thoughts aren’t sin. They just happen. But once they happen, […]
I read a description of the early church in Acts 2 this week and I wonder where that church is in America. They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. […]
It’s Christmas eve. The inn is still on my mind. Long ago on this day, Mary and Joseph asked for a room in the inn. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. […]
This week, Neil Anderson sent out a devotional that made a point I had never pondered before… When Satan tempts us or accuses us, we know it, but when he deceives us, we don’t know it. Gulp. I guess I always considered temptation and deception as synonyms, or at least close cousins. But they differ. […]
Those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles. (Isaiah 40:31) I have blogged about birds’ wings before, but this week in my my son’s devotional I learned how eagles use their wings (Storm Chasers, #112) . Eagles possess an inner awareness that alerts them to coming storms. […]
I have been a lovebird owner twice. Ruby lived with me for 19 years, followed by Mixie for eleven. Both were hand-fed from birth, which means they bonded with humans instead of other birds. Many bird owners clip their bird’s wings so they can’t fly away and will stay perched on a finger (because they […]
Many of my birthdays come and go without too much reflection or emotion, but some hit me hard. This was one of those years. 56 Quite frankly, I didn’t like that number this year. Sure, I am happy to be alive and grateful to be healthy at the time of this writing, but I have […]
This week I watched The World Trade Center for the second time. I cried. Again. This movie is based on the real life events of Will Jimeno and John McLoughlin, two Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police who were two of the only 20 people rescued alive from the September 11 attack […]
When I am between Bible studies, I commonly use the classic My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers, as the launching point for my prayer and devotional time. This week the page-long devotional for May 15 has hung in my heart, so much so that I have been re-reading it. This week I am […]
If you have a messy past, doesn’t matter. BECAUSE of your past, you are specially prepared for the future God has planned for you. Paul is speaking here… To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. (Ephesians […]
