Over the years I’ve had many fish, and sometimes I’ll have to make special arrangements concerning their environments and care. Lately, I’ve had a little goldfish, Clea, who hasn’t been feeling too well. Each time I notice changes in his behavior, I’ll monitor him and take action to ensure his good health and livelihood. I’ll […]
Tag: God’s Love
Letting God Be Your Encourager
The Lord is not slack concerning His promises toward us. This morning as I looked out my kitchen window, there was such a sense of newness to the day – a sense of encouragement filled the air. I remember just soaking in the quiet warm joy of that moment, realizing that an inspiring movement from […]
Getting Back to Our First Love
There are many things that have caused us to stumble – For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world, 1 John 2:16 NIV. Even when we stumble, we don’t have to remain in a compromised condition. God is […]
Transformation Begins with Us
As I awakened this morning, I pondered, “How will you toil your garden?” — Early in the pandemic season, I went to my sunroom and began to toil the soil for my garden, readying the dirt and acclimating it to receive new plants. I remember putting in things like eggshells and coffee grounds, adding a […]
A Godly Standard of Love that Gives What Has Been Given to Us
The world looks for ways to define God’s love, often seeking measures to apply it to our understanding. But, it is written in scripture how God defines His love for us and how we must faithfully respond to it with obedience and with care (1 John 3:1-24; 1 John 4:4-21). Walking in the Spirit of […]
Living in Reverent Fear
“Live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear…” – 1 Peter 1:17b “Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him…” – 1 Peter 1:8 What thoughts and deeds have we wasted our time and energy on while the Lord […]
It Will Turn Out Just Fine
This blog post started out as a simple recipe to share, but midway through, the Lord changed course to speak directly to you. Earlier today after my prayer time, an immense feeling of worry twice came over me, and I began to question where this could be coming from. “What are you afraid of? What is […]
The Transformative Power of The Lord’s Peace
I was really quite tired and was a bit drained today, so limiting my involvement was important to my health and peace. Since I wasn’t feeling quite like myself, I decided to take things a bit slow, eat a little breakfast (yes, coffee made an appearance!), listen to my Bible reading via audio today, and […]
A Prayer of Thanksgiving and Praise to God
As grand as God is, He can also be found in the smallest of details. So my writing tonight is not long or elaborate – it is one of thanksgiving and praise. I give thanks to the Lord for being a part of my day, for guiding my hands along the way. I praise Him […]
A Special Gift
What a day! Over the past few days, I’ve been planning and preparing for this day in hopes to make my husband’s birthday one of comfort and positive reflection. We lost his mother earlier this year. While planning for this day, I hoped it would be one of peaceful joy, calm and positive reflection, simplicity, […]