Shall I praise God only in the good days? What good is that? Anyone can sing praises when life is going well, but only those walking in the Spirit can praise him in the storm. The past several years have been filled with trials and tragedies in my life and in my family. I’m learning to trust God in the good and in the bad….
We’ve all had them — those moments when you feel a strong urge to call someone else. You think, “I’ll call them soon,” and that nagging feeling keeps at you until you pick up the phone. I just want to publicly say how thankful I am for friends who following the leading of the Holy Spirit. Yesterday, I was really discouraged and hurting when a friend…
Last night, I was blessed to go prayerwalking with a group of middle school girls. I explained to the girls that so often we go through life with our eyes closed to the people around us. I told them that we were going to ask God to give us eyes to see the needs around us so that we would know how to pray. As…
There are times when we don’t try new things because we are afraid. We fear the unknown. We may also fear failure. I never used to think I struggled with this but I’ve realized this past year how much I do. I put off getting my commercial driver’s license for years — for one I didn’t have the “want to” and secondly, I was afraid…
Several years ago, I remember someone asking me if it was possible for suffering to be a blessing. At the time, I thought they were crazy. After walking through many paths of suffering, I’ve decided that yes, suffering can be a blessing. The Psalmist writes in Psalm 73 about how God held onto him in his darkest hours and about how he experienced the nearness…
Last week, my mother-in-law called me crying. I was worried something was wrong. She began to talk to me about how she would never drive again (doctor’s orders), and my heart hurt for her. Then she told me that she didn’t want to sell her car. She told me she wanted to give it to me. I didn’t understand at first. I began to explain…