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The Day After the MRI
Today was a very normal day.Today was a very un-unusal day.Today was a very blessed day.My four-year-old grandson, Raphael, doesn't have a brain tumor, brain damage, or any kind of "unusual." Today could have been a totally different kind of day if his MRI had...
Listen to Yourself for Accusations
Isn't it amazing how you can know a verse so well and then the Spirit of God gives you a new angle on that very verse? That's the power of the Spirit and the Word. And that very thing happened to me the other day. I've quoted Revelation 12:10 so many times, and maybe...
No Updates Needed About God
Several years ago, the Encyclopaedia Britannica told its readers that the Salem Church Dam on the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg, Virginia is 194 feet high and 8,850 feet long. It is located upstream from Fredericksburg and makes hydroelectric power and controls...
Adventure #2: Encounter in the Airport
Some time ago I was waiting in the airport for my next connecting flight, minding my own business while enjoying reading my novel. I looked up and noticed a small food counter nearby where a woman was serving customers. I continued reading when unexpectedly the Lord’s...
Walking with God Is An Adventure
On Sunday, the last day of the women’s retreat where I was a speaker, I autographed books. Kris bought a copy of my book, God’s Vitamin "C" for the Spirit, and I began autographing it when she exclaimed, "Wait! I want it autographed for a friend." I’d written down...
Corrected Yet Hopeful!
As the Lord recently made me aware of a needed correction in my life, I was caught up short by realizing the change in my reaction from years ago. I didn't feel condemned. I didn't feel any contempt from God. There wasn't any hopelessness. In the past, I would have...
Stop Putting In the Quarters to Earn God’s Love
I arrived at our local regional park prepared with the six quarters necessary for the machine that controlled the mechanical arm blocking the way to the entrance of the park. I deposited the six quarters and looked forward anticipating the mechanical arm to raise....
Have Success at Your New Year’s Resolution
I was working out at the gym with a friend and knowing the New Year would start in a couple of days, we chuckled as we thought about how much more crowded the gym would be after January 1st. Then as it happens every year, about four to six weeks later, the gym returns...
Out of the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: “I Don’t Love You Anymore”
We've returned from our holiday visit with the family and a highlight of the visit--which may seem strange--is the day four-year-old grandson Raphael "Raffi" told Larry and I, "I don't love you; I love my mommy and daddy." I'm not sure if he said, "I don't love you...
Be Careful What You Rehearse
For several posts, we've been meditating on Romans 13:14: "But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts." Here's one last thought. I think the best way to not make provision for the flesh is to be aware of what we're...
What Does God Owe You?
Do you sometimes find speed bumps along the way while reading Scripture? You know! That's when you're reading along in a chapter of the Bible and all of a sudden, you feel your mind or heart go up in the air and you think, "Why is that there?" Just as a speed bump in...
The Truth Hurts: I Am Old!
We've been focusing on Romans 13;14: "But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts." (NASB).As I first started meditating on this verse, I envisioned how "making provision" reminded me of a warrior storing food in their...
A Putrefying Ancient Custom
I hope your Christmas was a joyful celebration of Jesus's birth. To think of God Himself coming to earth knowing He would die for our sins is amazing--and something I can easily take for granted. I must remind myself again and again of the wonder of it. And to...
How To “Put On” Jesus
My last post addressed Romans 13:14: "But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts" (NASB).As I've meditated on that verse, I remembered what happened the other day when I made chocolate chip cookie dough. My grandson,...
Making Provision for Sin
If you were asked, "What Bible verse do you dislike?", what would you say? That is a question that Larry and I ask, among others, when someone new comes to us for soul care/counseling. How a person answers the question can be revealing. But even as I would ask it of...
A Most Unusual Christmas Tradition
(This is a reprint from my blog from December, 2009).It wasn't intended to be a Christmas tradition and yet because it took place over several years when my brother, sister and I were young, it became a tradition.In our house in Norwalk, California, the kitchen was...
The TRPFAW of Holiness
Internet problems were eating up valuable time. Even after multiple contacts with support people, I still couldn't get the problem solved. I was so frustrated! Have I mentioned I was frustrated? But then I remembered what I'd committed to in my devotional time that...
How Many Gifts Did You Receive as a Child?
The first Christmas Larry and I were dating, I went over to his house and noticed he had one present under the three. "Oh, you get all your presents on Christmas morning?" I asked."What do you mean?" Larry replied in surprise. "I only get one gift for Christmas."Oh...