Every year in December I spend time considering the new year and what the Lord is speaking to me. This practice of having a one-word focus and a scripture to support it, has blessed me for the past few years. My words have been: rest, trust, and light. This year’s word, light, seemed so much …
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Friday Faith
I want to thank my readers for allowing me to sort through my faith in this blog. Each Friday post provides me with a way back to God. So often during the week I am submerged in life’s overwhelming ocean of disappointments, challenges, and stresses. Here I find my anchor as I gaze back onto …
What Benefit In Trouble?
I am going through a difficult and stressful time in my life right now. The ups and downs remind me of being on a merry-go-round. Up and down, and round and round! And as I look to the future, God has not only promised to bless me, but tells me I will still have to …
Name It and Claim It?
Do you remember this movement in the church? I do. I remember claiming things "in Jesus name" expecting the results for which I prayed. When I didn't see my prayers answered, I was sure I wasn't doing things right, or I didn't have enough faith. This week has brought this conflict back into my consciousness.My …
U is for …
Understanding, Uncovering, and Under the shadow of His Wings. I needed some help with U, and I knew just where to find it. Ephesians 1:18-20 New Living Translation (NLT) 18 I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy …
Possessing the Harder Faith – Second Thoughts
Have you ever heard about how you shouldn’t pray for patience because you might just get your answer? I’m feeling that way right now. As I attempted to pursue the challenge of understanding the faith gained by trials, it has basically stalled my desire to sit and write. Which one of you believes the statement; …
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Risking
On a scale of 1-10, my anxiety level has been hanging out around a 6 or 7 lately and that's with taking my anti-depressant/anti-anxiety medication. So what's going on? - Lots! I hope you don't mind some rambling, because that's just what I need right now and I know there's got to be someone out …
Trust Is Not Blind
I held fear before my eyes 'Til all I saw was my demise Anxious thoughts scratched and clawed And tore my face away from God. For man may come to cut and take But will I allow my faith to shake? Nothing can separate me from the One Whose love shines stronger than the sun. …
Giving In to Tears
My mind is struggling with putting down the words to describe my conflicted reasoning. It seems I have come up to face a paradox of faith: Trusting in God while trying to make sense out of my troubles. Trying to determine what it is I should be doing, is not always a clear and concise …
All Grown-up
As the youngest of three children, I learned fairly early that my parents were people. Before leaving the nest, my parents were already taking trips without me. And as a young adult my parents became "snowbirds" leaving the cold, wet winters in Oregon for the milder, dryer climate of Arizona. And thereby missing Thanksgiving, Christmas, …
The Far Reaches of Grace 