No big secret here…in the last days, difficult times will come. The question is, are we ready? God did not hide this fact from us – He put it right under our noses in 2 Timothy 3 as Paul wrote to Timothy, who was pastoring the church at Ephesus. Paul laid out quite the scary…
Did you know tears caused by stress differ from those caused by irritation or pain? They contain higher levels of stress hormones. Scientists believe that when we cry, tears release hormones that balance stress levels. Our bodies are intricately designed by an amazing Creator. He knew we would need some kind of outlet to balance…
Does God give us more than we can handle sometimes? Umm…absolutely yes! Let’s see: a global pandemic, riots, fear run amuck, economic crisis, and the list goes on. All of this adds a fresh layer to the “normal” hardships of marital problems, health issues that crop up from time to time, or everyday run-of-the-mill problems….
God’s hand and Plan can take us into some rocky terrain at times.
If you recorded anything on a 2020 calendar, like me, you likely had to draw a line through most of the Spring activities due to COVID. And now the riotous protests caused by the senseless murder of George Floyd is adding to the unrest of this year. As I sit here and write, I hear…
Cue the uplifting musical score…it appears the quarantine may be gradually coming to an end over the next several weeks! I don’t know about you, but the memes have been a huge coping mechanism for me! Since I am an educator, the home-schooling ones have owned me. Since President Trump announced the plans for a…
All of God’s revelations are sealed until they are opened to us by obedience…Obey God in the thing He shows you, and instantly the next thing is opened up. God will never reveal more truth about Himself until you have obeyed what you know already. ~ Oswald Chambers This quote from Chambers popped up in…
Yes, I meant to say Saturday. I know the original and famous sermon by SM Lockridge skips right over to Sunday. It skips from the trauma and brutality of the cross straight to the victory of the resurrected Jesus. But today, I have found myself wondering about the eerily silent Saturday. Scriptures like Psalm 22…
Fifteen days to flatten the curve. Thirty days to slow the spread. It seems every few days we have a new timeline to reach the peak of the COVID-19 cases or have a harsher new social-distancing recommendation. All of us have been knocked off our equilibrium of normal life. I cried about it for the…
What day of the week is it? It could be Monday or it could be Saturday! Who knows? I’ve lost all sense of my schedule during this semi-quarantined time. Weekly schedules, such as going to church on Sunday, are the things that help our brain keep up with what day it is. But right now,…