I will never forget the excitement of watching my babies learn to walk. Even knowing the drastic changes that come with a mobile baby, I still coaxed and bribed and urged them to try. And when they took that first step, and those wobbly next few steps, I cheered them...
"If at first you don't succeed, redefine success." That quote hangs on the wall at a fast-food restaurant we visited earlier this week. At first, I chuckled and thought it was just a silly quote. But the longer I thought about it, the more I realized - there is some...
"And my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus" Phil 4:19 (Amplified Bible). Do you ever catch yourself worrying about the future? Sometimes it happens before I even realize it. I am anxious and...
"Unless the Lord builds a house, its builders labor over it in vain; unless the Lord watches over a city, the watchman stays alert in vain" Ps 127:1. Yesterday, this verse "came alive" to me. I had gone to run an errand when a neighbor came by to borrow a yard tool....
"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" Ps 46:1. What comes to mind when you hear the word refuge? I think of a photograph I've seen of a lighthouse at the end of a pier. Waves are crashing around the structure, nearly engulfing it. But the...
"...Lord, who will we go to? You have the words of eternal life" John 6:68. Do you ever feel like God isn't hearing your prayers? Like your life is falling to pieces around you and He's not fixing things, no matter how much you pray? Like He doesn't really care about...
"It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your steadfast love in the morning, and Your faithfulness by night" Psalm 92:1-2. What was the first thought on your mind this morning? What were the first words out of your...
"Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being" Gen. 2:7. "I wish I could give you my breath!" My sweet husband's words still echo in my heart. This week, I've been...
"Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" Psalm 46:10. "I don't know." Those three words...I've said them more in my years of being a parent than in all the prior years combined. The longer I live, the...