The overflow from this mornings journaling: Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (Psalm 119:105) How precious is Your word to me oh Lord, how unfathomable Your ways. By Your word I receive instruction for the ways I should go. In Your word I find hope and refreshment for my soul. When trouble gathers near, it is in … Continue reading Words
Vincent D’Onofrio looked right at me from the pulpit and said; “Don’t smell another man’s offering.” Continue reading Vincent D’Onofrio preached a good sermon!
What are some of the lies the enemy tells you? Why is it the voice of FEAR always seems so much louder than the voice of HOPE? Continue reading 2018: A Year For Hope (Week 4)
She closes the door and leans up against it, but it does no good. She can still hear the cutting rants of her stepson as he shouts to the world how much he hates her, how he wishes his dad never married her, and begs her to go away and leave them alone. Sometimes she thinks it might be better if she did leave, as … Continue reading 2018: A Year For Hope (Week 3)
“I hate my job”, he mumbles to no one particular. “It was the best way to put food on the table when the kids were small, but then there was a mortgage to pay, and college after that. I didn’t mind so much when Barb was there to come home to – but she’s long gone now. I’m old and I’m tired. I feel trapped … Continue reading 2018: A Year For Hope (Week 2)
He wakes at 5 am, gets in a quick workout, and starts the workday by 7:30. He works hard and makes enough to keep the bills paid, sometimes with a little extra at the end of the month. His friends know him as a kind and well-adjusted guy, someone who has weathered some tough storms in recent years but emerged OK on the other side. … Continue reading 2018: A Year For Hope (Week 1)
Have you ever lost hope? If being honest, I know I have – at least for some things, or during long dry seasons. I have lost hope for things longed (even prayed) for to have happened by now, and yet here I am … eyes weary from straining to see something emerge on the far horizon. Dreams that I eventually gave up watering, that now … Continue reading 2018: A Year For Hope (Prologue)
It was several years ago when I first noticed it while reading Psalm 37. Over and over again, the same phrase … “inherit the earth / inherit the land” And I thought to myself, what in the world does that mean? Obviously, something significant or it wouldn’t be repeated so often – but what? So like I often did (and still do), I just sort of tucked it away … Continue reading Crossing Jordan: walking into your inheritance
Putting Hope To Work 