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Hey! That’s My Roof!
I just read Mark 2:1-4 and something new really hit me. Read it and see if something stands out to you: "When He (Jesus) had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer...
My Review of “Love That Is Blind” by Ayrian Stone
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Love That Is Blind a novel by Ayrian Stone (VMI Publishing). It's a romance story of intrigue and mystery in which two private investigators are given an assignment by a billionaire to find his unknown granddaughter. The love interest for...
Can the Pain Really Be Coming to an End?
Oh Lord, is the journey of pain coming to a real end? I feel normal so much of the time now and am only taking two Alleve and a pain patch on the back of my thigh when I know I'm going to be sitting a lot. I'm a little amazed. I'm a lot amazed. I feel like a challenge...
Chin Up!
Aw...memories...The convention for church workers had been a great success and on the last day, I was chatting with a director of Women's Ministries in the break room. We were discussing the state of women's ministries and I wanted to impress her with my wisdom....
My Review of “Wayback” by Sam Batterman
Wayback is a fun book. Author Sam Batterman did a good job for his first novel. He had some very interesting ideas to be fleshed out and he did a good job. You can tell he really had a mission in this plot to prove that the earth is only as old as the Bible literally...
We Are His Property
(If you haven't read yesterday's blog post, please read first.)Yesterday, after posting, I took another one of my short walks and looked again at the sign. I realized I'd misquoted, or I should say, left out some of the words. The sign actually says, "This property is...
How’s Your Manager Doing?
As I took a short walk this morning, a tear escaped down my cheek because I was feeling sorry for myself. Last week I somehow did something that set me back five steps in my recovery from back surgery. I'd been in increased pain and only able to be out of pain while...
Got Photos?
Last week the Lord opened up a door for me to be interviewed for a magazine article and the writer wanted me to send her photos of myself and the family when the kids were little. So I had to pull out tons of photo books to see what I could find.And what fun! Of...
Whew! Job Becomes Hopeful!
For the past eleven posts, we've looked at the word “hope” as found in the book of Job. I bet you thought we'd never get out of Job but this is our last look at hope there. But hasn't it been rich and appropriate for a person who is in such a hopeless situation? We...
Uprooted Hopes
I'm sure every one of us has felt at one time or another like God is stripping us of that which isn't truly important. In Job 19:10, Job describes it this way, “He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.” (NASB) Whether...
“This Too Will Pass”==Who Says?
I received a very kind email from a friend who I had updated on my condition. Although my pain is minimal, I told her, I still can't sit without increasing my pain. She replied saying that while in the Valley of Wait I can remember that “This too will pass.” I had an...
Hope of Eternal Living
Our next encounter with the word “hope” is still in Job. (Don't worry, we'll get out of Job eventually!) But considering what Job went through, of all people, he definitely was in need of hope. And in Job 14, he speaks of hope twice. He turns his attention to speaking...
Thankfully, We Don’t Earn Healing
I bent forward wrong yesterday and I'm finding that I'm feeling like since I didn't do it right, since I made the mistake, I'm not worthy of God's healing. The tortillas fell out of the refrigerator (we got take out from Las Casuelas for Valentine's Day yesterday),...
A Surrendered Hope or a Demanding Hope?
Our next entry of “hope” in the Bible is found in Job 13:15: "Though He slay me,I will hope in Him...”Wow! Job sounds pretty solid. Until we continue reading...“...Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.This also will be my salvation,For a godless man may not...
Got a “Zophar” in Your Life?
(I'm taking a survey of the word "hope" in the Bible. Check for other posts on this topic).When next we see the word “hope” used, it is fast on the heels of where we left off. Right after Zophar chastises Job, he continues in Job 11:20, "But the eyes of the wicked...
I Recommend “Thin Places” by Mary E. Demuth
Redemptive. That is the primary word that describes this gutsy book. Mary's memoir, Thin Places, is a collection of powerful and skillfully told true stories that relates experiences from her life and then draws God's threads of redemption through them. The stories...
Recommending: Surviving One Bad Year
I'd like to recommend an important book, Surviving One Bad Year: Spiritual Strategies for When Life Goes Terribly Wrong by Nancie Carmichael. As I read her book, I was encouraged by Nancie's vulnerable sharing about her challenging time. It was especially meaningful...
God Is El Shaddai: He is Enough For You
Yesterday, I wrote about reaching the end of my rope in the midst of pain. Today, I was continuing my reading in Catherine Martin's excellent book, Drawing Strength from the Names of God, and the Lord gave me a new insight about how He provides for us when we reach...