"For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men." (1 Peter 2:15 NKJV) It looks like Autumn is sneaking in a bit early this year in the forested mountains of my home. Tiny splashes of red, yellow, and orange are...
Remembering our roots keep us down to earth. Do you remember the first day you turned your life over to the Lord. I do. It was March 21, 1980. My life was total chaos before that time. I was wavering from church to church continually trying to find the answers in...
"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery again to fear, but you received a Spirit of adoption by which we cry, Abba! Father! The Spirit Himself witnesses with our spirit that we are children of...
Last week, in Written on the Heart, Part 4, we saw that God reveals His lifestyle for us through His Word. He writes these thoughts on our hearts. How can we most easily learn to reflect that lifestyle? An elderly lady talked with me after she had been to a rare...
Last week, in Written on the Heart, Part 8, we came to understand that law preserves sanctity of life. If we want God's lifestyle, if we want to reflect Jesus, if we want to respond to God's light, His law must be written on our hearts. But just how does God do this?...
Last week, in Written on the Heart, Part 10, we learned that we must accept God's grace to soften our hearts and make it easier for God to write there. So what, then, if anything, is keeping God from writing on our hearts? I have said that where I grew up there was a...
Last week, in Written on the Heart, Part 11, we saw that the death and resurrection of Jesus has rolled away all impediments. But the decision to have Him write on our hearts is ours to make. The Driver had stopped his freight train on the mountain top for safety...
On the side of our house, my husband has a small rose garden. He plants, prunes, fertilizes, and sprays the bushes. We so enjoy the beauty of the blooms, as well as their wonderful fragrance. A few months ago, he set 2 or 3 of the rose bushes, still in plastic pots,...
"So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness." (Colossians 2:6-7) The roots on our "eyeball tree", as my granddaughter used to...
"Be still, and know that I am God." (Psalm 46:10) The hike up through Stagecoach Trail was worth it. We were rewarded with a spectacular at over ten thousand feet. Still, we weren’t above the timberline. ‘Older than dirt’ towering pines and spruces dotted the...