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Clutching My Pearls {Guest Post for Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
Happy Wednesday! Today, our linkup features the winner of this month’s Guest Contributor contest, Lorraine Reep. Lorraine's blog is a beautiful place of encouragement for so many of us, and it is a true blessing to feature her on our website! You will love this post...
Time to Pray and Wait… Or Time to Pray and Act? {The Atlanta Journal Constitution}
Dr. J.B. Gambrel, an accomplished captain during the American Civil War, became a pastor and seminary professor following the war. As a speaker, he was known for his eloquence and humor. In one of his writings, he tells an amusing story about Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s...
Seeing People as People {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
They didn’t see a man. They didn’t see his pain. They didn’t notice his need. They didn’t care that he was in the house of the Lord. What they cared about was entrapping their perceived enemy, the one who threatened long-held traditions and the law that elevated them...
This Is for When You Feel Unworthy and that God Is Not Near
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with...
When I Serve for the Wrong Reason {LINKUP PARTY}
“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.” Matthew 6:1 “Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love...
The Waiting Game – NOT Your Turn {The Atlanta Journal Constitution}
Three hundred voices joined together to sing the same measure one more time. The director had to stop practice several times, because one or two individuals repeatedly missed a rest. Invariably, every time a group this large stops singing at any given part of a song,...
Wait for It … {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
“Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are those who wait on Him” (Isaiah 30:18). I know better. I’ve seen God’s faithfulness. Still, in a season of hard, where I don’t see...
I Love You… (As Long as It Does Not Cost Me Much)
Rio de Janeiro, 1962. A very talented young artist attended the Fine Arts School of Rio, the most renowned art school in South America. He shared the studio with some of the heirs of Brazil’s most prominent families. He moved to Rio from a small town in South Brazil...
Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys (Recharge Wednesday Linkup)
I was taking a month-long class in Ecuador. We traveled around the beautiful country- even into the Amazon rainforest. There, a few monkeys determined to do what non-cartoon monkeys in tourist traps do: harass people. The agile creatures stole anything loose they...
This Mother’s Day, Give Mom Forgiveness, Compassion and Grace {The Atlanta Journal Constitution}
It’s Mother’s Day weekend, and when I started thinking about the theme for my column, I had a recurring thought. For the past several years, I have been in constant prayer about some mothers I know and their children, whose relationships are filled with unforgiveness,...
What’s Your Hurry? {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
Happy Wednesday! Today, our linkup features the winner of this month’s Guest Contributor contest, Michelle Morin. If you've been around the blogsphere for any length of time, you have come across Michelle's beautiful, insightful posts. This one... hit home for me, on...
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