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Jesus Can Be Your First Hope–Not Your Last
Jesus can be our first hope; not our last. This nameless biblical woman had no hope. During twelve long years, she had taken every possible step to become well. Her bloody discharge made her ceremonially unclean, unable to enter the temple and worship her God. Her...
God Empowered Me to Forgive My Father-in-Law
God empowered me to forgive my father-in-law. But for several years I had worried that God would “transform” me spiritually by requiring my husband, Larry, and I to take care of his father, Don. For me, I wondered if that would be the way God would eradicate the...
Book Giveaway–“Mothers In Waiting” by Crystal Bowman
At one time I thought I couldn't become pregnant. Larry and I had been trying to become pregnant for over two years. It was a horrifying thought to me that I might not ever be a mother. I had looked forward to that joy all my life. I kept trying to trust God but my...
My Brother’s Most Important Words to Me
My brother, Chuck, died two years ago. After a five year journey of fighting cancer, the Lord took him home and we all rejoiced and grieved. He was the life of the family and every party he ever attended. Fun, passionate for God, an evangelist by the Holy Spirit's...
Book Giveaway: “Surviving Cancer” by T.E. Bradford
Happy New Year! All of us will face uncertainties in this next year but for Christians, we have a God who knows exactly what will happen. I'm glad to be able to feature Tracy (T.E.) Bradford who knows the surprise and shock of facing an unknown future after she was...
Choose a Quality of God for Your “Word for the Year”
Have you ever considered choosing a quality of God for your "Word for the Year"? I know many people like to think of a concept or idea to focus on during the year. Although I don't usually do that, the year I believed God wanted me to concentrate on...
People Pleasing Challenges at Christmas-time
Do you struggle with People Pleasing like I do? Here are some signals we have this sinful strategy: If someone doesn't like me, I wonder why and think a lot about how to correct their perception of me. I say, "I don't care what others think" but I also don't want to...
You Do Have Traditions and Not Know It
Sometimes I hear women lament, “Oh, I wish I knew how to create traditions in our family.” What they don’t realize is they have made more traditions than they recognize. Let me tell you why. I’m sure my parents never intended to create a Christmas tradition but they...
Book Giveaway: “Laughing All the Way” by Karen O’Connor
I'm excited to again feature a book for this month's giveaway. It is Karen O'Connor's Laughing All the Way: Wit, Wisdom, and Willpower for the Golden Years. Read below about entering the drawing and in the meantime, enjoy this excerpt from Laughing All the Way. A...
Choke! Cough! Learn to Say No for the Sake of Your Marriage!
We are continuing seeing how Jesus wants to strengthen our marriages through the wisdom of the Parable of the Soils. This time we learn we need to learn to say no to others and yes to our husband for a beautiful bloom in our marriage. Jesus said, "Other seed fell...
Dig Deep to Stir Up a Shallow Marriage
We are continuing to see how the Parable of the Soils can be applied to marriage when Jesus addresses shallow soil. Matthew 13:5-6, 20-21 "Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun...
Book Giveaway–“Pursuing the Christ: Prayers for Christmastime” by Jennifer Kennedy Dean
I just couldn't resist letting you know about this wonderful Christmas book, Pursuing the Christ: Prayers for Christmastime early enough to enjoy it. And make a book drawing available. Everything Jennifer Kennedy Dean writes is fabulous so I know you'll love this too....
Your Marriage Is Like The Parable of the Soils
The potential for a successful marriage is within the “seed” of every marriage relationship. It takes hard work and lots of devotion to have a heart soil that will not only support that seed but actually provide it the nutrients and ingredients that it needs to...
Book Giveaway: “Letters From a Mother’s Heart” by Cathy Horning
I love to make book giveaways available and now I'm excited to share with you about Cathy Horning and her new book, Letters from a Mother's Heart. And read below for winning a copy! Escaping The Trap Of Mom Guilt by Cathy Horning Twenty-one years ago, two letters...
When the “If Only’s…” Make You Cross-Eyed
Someone has said, “If you have one eye on yesterday and the other eye on tomorrow, you’ll look at today cross-eyed.” That’s what regrets do to us. It can paralyze us from thinking positively about God’s present working and even steal our enthusiasm for the future. We...
“I’ll Never Be Like Her!”
Have you ever found yourself saying something like, "I'll never be like her" or "I always want to be like him!"? I'm sure we all have and it seems like a really good thing to focus on avoiding the mistakes of some and emulating the good points of others. Even the...
I Study But Can’t Remember
Larry and I were bemoaning the fact we study but can't remember what we studied. "Kath, it sure is sad we can't remember what we've read in all these books and often even the Bible!" Larry and I were commiserating with each other as we looked at the piles of books...
Book Giveaway– “30 Days of Hope When Caring for Aging Parents”
I'm so pleased to let you know about an important book, 30 Days of Hope When Caring for Aging Parents. Even if you aren't currently caring for someone, you can be prepared for the future because most everyone faces some sort of caregiving in their lives. Kathy...