What are some things we can expect to learn, or what are some growth attributes we can expect to see and experience in our lives? This list is by no means all-inclusive. But here are 10 things I have learned, grown into, and/or experienced.
Most of my life I’ve known God’s love – I’ve been educated in it, I’ve believed in it. It’s in my head. God’s love simply IS – it’s an attribute of God. God is love. He could no more not Love than He could not be Holy.
My husband and I just celebrated our 47th Anniversary, during which we spent a good deal of time remembering – homes, children, grandchildren, travels, people, places, meals, fun memories and experiences.
What does corn say when it's frustrated? Aw shucks! . . . Ever wonder if you just plain frustrate the bejeebers out of Jesus? Well, I have. And if anyone could, I’m pretty sure it would be me. However, in a recent lesson...
As we rounded the corner to look into Piazza dei Miracoli, we caught our first sight of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It was so surreal – almost an out-of-body experience. I couldn’t believe...
My 18-month-old had chronic breathing issues and required doctor visits 2-4 times a month. And now we were to be without health insurance. I remember specifically telling God that HE would need to be my daughter’s “insurance”...
I’ve just finished a very emotional week. And by the end of it, I was asking God why I can’t seem to “control” my emotions – why it didn’t appear that I had any power to do so. I also don’t have any power to make others do what I want them to. And it appears...
In John 21 Jesus asked Peter some questions. When I studied this, Jesus gave ME 3 questions. And I found a seed in my heart of a tare, a weed of destruction that needed to be ripped from my soul. And as I honestly saw this, I cried out “Oh No, Lord!"
Don’t you hate it when you have to get up in the middle of the night and in your effort to find the light switch, you inevitably stub your toe, or worse, trip over something? And so for lack of a nightlight, find yourself hopping on one foot trying hard not to scream obscenities in the night?
Before I get to the song – to the praise, I need to be reminded that this is not an easy-peasy praise. Paul is writing this letter from a Roman prison – his second imprisonment, for which he was awaiting death.