After two weeks of nights where I averaged about 3½ hours of sleep, I was getting desperate. I needed to sleep, and to sleep well. How happy I was when my husband and boys prayed over me one night. Immediately afterwards, I felt impressed to make myself a high protein...
God is very, very good. We had been planning this particular trip for months. Having just purchased a new trailer and a new vehicle to tow it, we were chomping at the bit to take them out for their maiden voyage. Imagine our disappointment when the weather forecast...
"He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end." (Eccl 3:11) Last week, a very selfless little squirrel gave us his entire...
Last Saturday, in "Preparing the Mango, Part 2", we saw that we get through our trials, not by focusing on them, but by surrendering them to the God of the universe. This frees us to focus on the needs of others, and when we do, our own troubles shrink back to a...
Two days ago, the Nugget featured a piece written by Nugget writer Elizabeth Prize, from "down under" in Australia, entitled "Pot Plants". In this devotional, Mrs. Price describes how the scrubbing of her blue and white flower pots compares to the scrubbing that Jesus...
"Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind..." (Job 38:1 NKJV) Life happens. Storms happen. And though we would love to believe that this new year will indeed be "happy", we know that things won't always go as we wish them to go. Illness comes. Financial...
I'm glad I grew up in a church where The Lord's Prayer in unison was repeated meaningfully. We did not rush: Even we children could keep up, conscious of the meanings as we prayed with everyone. Jesus said, “when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans .... This...
Over the past 8 devotionals, we've been taking a close look at the story of Jesus and Peter walking on water; but this story is so concrete. The disciples were in the midst of a literal storm, and they were in a real boat. Our storms aren't the kind that would tip...
There are few people in this world as stuck in their ways as I am. If you want to see my usual carefree, happy-go-lucky spirit morphed into a ball of anxiety and stress, then simply mention the word "change." This has been particularly bad this winter. It seems that...
King Bryan, I wonder how many people know who King Bryan is? He is the king of the leprechauns. I happen to know that because I recently watched an old favorite Disney movie called "Darby O'Gill And The Little People". One fine day while chasing a rainbow, Darby...