A Confident Heart: How to Stop Doubting Yourself & Live in the Security of God’s Promises By: Renee “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7 KJV A Confident Heart had been sitting on my wish-list e-bookshelf for months. The… Continue reading Weekend Book Review
Can I tell you a secret? Well, it’s more like a confession. I love sand. I mean, really love sand. The feeling of that golden, grainy goodness between my toes is something I look forward to each time I pull onto the shores of Lake Erie. I love how it gets all over you and… Continue reading My Sandy Bible
Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer By: Max Lucado Rating: 4.5 Out of 5 Stars Father, you are good. I need your help. Heal me and forgive me. They need help. Thank you. In Jesus’ name, amen. In his latest book, New York Times best-selling author, Max Lucado unpacks Jesus’s lesson on prayer… Continue reading Weekend Book Review
When a child dies. When a relationship ends . . . or never begins. When . . . You lose your job . . . and your house. The adoption falls through. A loved one is diagnosed with cancer. A ministry fails. When . . . The craziness doesn’t stop. Things don’t get better. The… Continue reading When God Says No
“And now no one looks on the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them. Out of the north comes golden splendor; God is clothed with awesome majesty.” Job 37:21-22 (emphasis added) “I know [God] is interested/takes joy in my life, but I can’t see the… Continue reading Sky Fire
“My beloved is mine, and I am his.” Song of Songs 2:16 Standing in the back of the church, my body trembled. The flowers, lilies were his favorite, shook in my hands. I was clothed in the most beautiful dress I had ever seen. It was glorious white and pure as snow. No embellishments… Continue reading Forsaking All Others
“But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.’” Isaiah 43:1 She was only 14, just a couple months shy of her fifteenth birthday. Hundreds of miles away from home,… Continue reading My Struggle With Depression
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