This week, I am beginning a series of posts that are taken from a conference talk I gave at my church in the fall of 2023. I have been wanting to share this story here ever since giving it as a talk, but at the time I didn’t even have access to the blog because of some backend issues with my server! Now that I am back and writing again, I decided it was finally time to share this with all of you here. Since this is a rather lengthy story, though, I am breaking it up into several installments.…
This post is part of Five Minute Fridays Link-Ups. Here is my post for this week’s prompt: Time begins now…. When I saw today’s prompt was “But”, at first I thought of all the excuses I make. I know I should do something, but…. Then I was reminded of the fact that in our weakness God is strong. So instead I decided to write on the But God statements that encourage me and keep my going when I am not strong enough in myself. (Which is all of the time!) I am often inconsistent and unfaithful, but God is always faithful…
This post is part of Five Minute Fridays Link-Ups. Here is my post for this week’s prompt: Time begins now…. Today I ran errands alone and didn’t turn on the car radio. I didn’t listen to a podcast or an audio book. I didn’t even have Siri give me directions except on a very short jaunt to the UPS store that I hadn’t been to before. Maybe it seems like a small thing, to just sit in silence, but it seems like these days we always have some kind of background noise going. My children listen to audio books while…
A child said, What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; …I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord,A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropped,Bearing the owner’s name someway in the corners, that wemay see and remark, and say Whose? Walt Whitman, from “Song of Myself” Small gifts, simple joys, everyday beauties that we often fail to notice. These are the handkerchiefs of God. These are the moments when we can choose to remember that we are loved, blessed, held by the gentle hand of the Almighty. The way the afternoon light slants through the windowpane…
As part of my goal to write more in 2025, I decided to join back up with Five Minute Fridays Link-Ups as often as I can. Here is my post for this week’s prompt: Time begins now… When I saw today’s prompt of “favor“, I immediately thought of God’s favor and grace in salvation. Because I have been studying I Peter 1 lately, I have been considering God’s goodness in sovereignly sending His Son to die in my place. In I Peter 1, we see that it is also God’s grace that leads us to obedience and holiness. It is…