As I was worshipping God on Christmas Eve in church, I was impressed to open my Bible, and what I found there, I knew was a message from God for each of the staff and volunteers at Answers2Prayer. The message came from Acts 28: “Paul gathered a pile of brushwood...
This is the first in a short series inspired by Melo, our beloved Parrotlet. "He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that...
It had been snowing all day and all night -- Blowing snow, that light, fine, powdery stuff that traveled where every breath of a air took it. There was probably a foot or so accumulated on the deck, burying the dog's chain -- and anything else that had...
How can you know if you're being led by the Spirit or the flesh? Very simple: Look at your behavior. If you respond to a given situation by exercising, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control, you are following the...
"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us." (Rom 8:37) The early morning was so peaceful that I couldn't help but linger a few moments on the back deck. It was the first morning in days without rain. The sky was clear,...
"The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate of the produce of Canaan." (Joshua 5:12) So often, when I have read children's versions of the battle of Jericho, I have had...
Isaiah 10:27 Greetings! I am speaking to all of you women who might be reading this about what the Lord has placed on my heart and what has been related to me in my life for such a very long time. When we where little kids and our mother told us to go to our room and...
Whilst we abhor war and the American flag is only a symbol of who we are, our flag has become so very precious to us as it represents all that is dearest to our heart. We consider freedom to be more than just a way of life, counting freedom to be life itself ~ as...
When my husband was a small child, his grandfather had a favorite prank he loved to pull. When Michael and his family went to visit, Grandpa Twigg always brought out his penny jug. This jug was really more like an urn, with an opening at the top just big enough for a...
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” (Gal 5:1) If you ask my golden retriever puppy her opinion on the subject, the very best part of her daily walk happens when I release...