I haven’t posted in a while because I’ve been struggling with some things. I originally attributed my time away as busyness, but realized it’s really more about issues of the heart and allowing things to take me out of His Presence. As I was reading Joel Osteen’s Devotional for today, it really hit me. The …read more
This morning I read a devotional by Joyce Meyers about letting your light shine. The reference scripture was Matthew 5:16 – “Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your father in heaven.” In …read more
I have been reading I Declare by Joel Osteen, which is 31 days of things to declare (verbally) over your life. The declaration for day 20 is: “I DECLARE that I am calm and peaceful. I will not let people or circumstances upset me. I will rise above every difficulty, knowing that God has given …read more
The other day I was reading a devotional by Joyce Meyers entitled Let God Do the Heavy Lifting. She talked about our tendency to rely too much on our own strength to fix what’s broken and points out that John 15:5 states, “Apart from me you can do nothing.” I know there are certain areas …read more
Hannah Dedicates Samuel We see in these verses that the time has come again for Elkanah to go to Shiloh with his family to offer the annual sacrifice to the Lord; but this time Hannah did not go. She said to her husband that she would stay home and wean Samuel and then take him …read more
Last week, my pastor spoke about Hezekiah. He was at the point of death and the prophet Isaiah came to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.” Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the …read more
Hello All, I will be taking a walk through 1 Samuel. I may veer off course from time to time if I feel led to do so, but this is where I feel I’m supposed to be now. I sent this message via email in February, but think it’s a good place to start again …read more
Welcome to my new blog. This is my first post and I’m so excited. I began this journey years ago with a desire to write children’s books. Ironically, the first thing that I ever got published was an article on the Proverbs 31 woman. Isn’t it funny how God works. We can always have a …read more