Living Simply to Please Jesus while Simply Loving One Another
No doubt our nation was devastated to see the news of the Orlando massacre. Thinking of the precious lives, deeply loved by God, who were senselessly killed, who can imagine? Their families, their friends, their co-workers. The courageous police officers and SWAT team who came to the rescue and had to engage in a gunfight…
First off, since Sudan has said in the past that they are going to release Meriam and then turned around and said, “No we aren’t” then I propose we keep praying and advocating until we see confirmed news footage {not just newsprint} of Meriam out of prison!! Today we are praying and some are fasting for…
Today is a really big day in our home!! Our littlest princess is 4!! To celebrate such a joyous, miraculous occasion, we just have to take a trip down Memory Lane because, for starters, so many weren’t part of Ruby’s miracle journey and no doubt, others don’t really remember…. Then of course, perhaps, there are some…
As horrific storms have been ravishing our nation, death tolls rising and grief abounding, I’ve been thinking. Some who stop by our Place have been struggling with the terrible storms, or a tragic medical diagnosis, a sudden job loss, a seemingly immovable and very mountainous situation in your adoption, a financial blow, a relational trauma,…
For the last 7 years, most Thursday mornings, my prayer partner and I meet together to pray. When she moved out of state a few years back, we could not bear to stop praying together. Thankful for Skype and the blessing of technology, we still ‘meet’ together even though we are just about 1,000 miles…
Recently my paths crossed with an old friend, Dave. We went to school, youth group and graduated together. We hung around in the same group of friends. Not too long ago Dave was given a grim diagnosis – 1% chance of survival without a bone marrow transplant, 60% with the transplant. My heart has been…
I am always amazed {although I shouldn’t be!} when a day of prayer and fasting is initiated and suddenly it becomes evident that the Lord completely orchestrated the perfect timing to begin with! Tomorrow’s day of Prayer and Fasting for Karl’s healing is the perfect example! As for the kids and Dw and I – …