This is the first of multiple upcoming updates for you all, so stay tuned over the next few days. I’m planning on having them rise in excitement each day… we’ll see if I can manage to pull that off. COOKING and BAKING: This is an area where I have enjoyed thriving lately (although, ironically, I …
I wanted to share something from Streams In The Desert that really challenged & encouraged my heart yesterday. Especially on my particular journey, with particular struggles of walking by faith (which I know we each struggle with in our own ways on our own paths, ordained by God). When so many people try to give …
I don’t usually do these…. but…. I was tagged & don’t feel like posting what I have been struggling with (challenged with & encouraged by…) at the moment. So here it is. My tag, courtesy of Holly. 🙂 Rule #1: the tagged person must write their answers on their blog and replace any question they …
“There is no music in a rest, but there is the making of music in it.” In our whole life-melody the music is broken off here and there by “rests,” and we foolishly think we have come to the end of the tune. God sends a time of forced leisure, sickness, disappointed plans, frustrated efforts, …
God does not open paths for us in advance of our coming. He does not promise help before help is needed. He does not remove obstacles out of our way before we reach them. Yet when we are on the edge of our need, God’s hand is stretched out. Many people forget this, and are …
Abraham was long tried, but he was richly rewarded. The Lord tried him by delaying to fulfill His promise. Satan tried him by temptation; men tried him by jealousy, distrust, and opposition; Sarah tried him by her peevishness. But he patiently endured. He did not question God’s veracity, nor limit His power, nor doubt His …
Child of My love, lean hard And let Me feel the pressure of thy care; I know thy burden, child. I shaped it; Posed it in Mine Own hand; made no proportion In its weight to thine unaided strength, For even as I laid it on, I said, “I shall be near, and while she …
This following excerpt from “Streams In The Desert” was a great encouragement to me; this devotional book constantly blesses, encourages, and challenges me as I struggle from day to day. When talking with a dear friend yesterday, she asked how she could pray specifically for me as I endure the medical treatments that are so …
I just finished practicing music for the kids’ music camp concert tonight, and then tabbed my hymnal for playing tomorrow at church. So I’ve been reading lyrics. Good, stout, rich lyrics. Lyrics that encourage but challenge. One of the songs we’ll be singing tomorrow is “Whate’er My God Ordains Is Right,” and the words both …
I was catching up on some Streams In The Desert reading today, with having been out of town this weekend (and having not brought the book along). I want to share these few small snippets with you that have blessed me & brought me to tears today. Blessed is any weight, however overwhelming, which God …
