Far too many people in my life have lost their lives to cancer. And I know quite a few more who are currently battling it, and more still who have been declared to be in remission. It is insidious and appears to not discriminate! So many people are investing countless […]
Psalm 42 (NIV) As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me […]
Anyone who has been to a white elephant gift exchange understands that some people just don’t know how to give good gifts. Considering the usual criteria that the gifts brought to these events are to be “re-gifts”, I assume an inability to give good gifts is the reason the gifts […]
My husband and I watched a Russell Crowe movie that came out in 2010 called The Next Three Days. The premise is that a woman is accused of murdering her boss and ends up in jail. Her husband, having failed to get her acquitted, does whatever it takes to break […]
I’m so glad to introduce you to Sara Davison today, through this guest post. Sara is the author of romantic, Christian suspense and has a new book, Vigilant, releasing June 1, 2019. I have recently finished reading it and will be sharing my review on Monday. In the meantime, Sara […]
Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. Ephesians 6:1 This admonition is spoken in several places in the Bible and, as Paul points out there, brings a promise of long life to those who do this. Yet, what if […]
“You don’t own a dress? Not even a skirt?” My five-year-old mind couldn’t comprehend a girl not having even one of this most basic, most crucial wardrobe essential. And yet, the little girl who lived up the street from me (whose name I can’t recall) owned plenty of shorts and […]
Years ago, I read The Oath by Frank Peretti. Now before you scoff in disbelief that I would have even looked at the cover without running away in terror, I had read This Present Darkness and Piercing the Darkness and found them to be fascinating. For those who aren’t familiar […]
And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil. Ephesians 4:26-27 We all get angry at times, some more often than others. Elisha apparently had quite a temper – he called bears […]
“Enola Gay. Hmm. Enola Gay.” As I walked past the historic plane, I was wracking my brain trying to remember where I had heard the name. The moment I remembered, I froze. The plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. I stopped in my tracks and looked again, […]