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Great Stories While I am typing away on my laptop, my daughter is sitting nearby reading a book. I confess, it brings a smile to my face to see her doing something that has always brought me such joy. I have traveled to a great many places and had so many adventures as I lost […]

When I drive through our town, I see many reminders of the tornado that hit several months ago. There is still so much damage left behind from the storm that changed this town. A big enough storm can change a lot of things and leave behind a lot of scars. Unfortunately, our small town is

Broken to Be Healed Recently a dear friend of mine was updating me about a relative of hers that is in the hospital. She told me that they had lost her one night, but the hospital staff was able to bring her back. She said that in the process of saving her life, they had

My friend, is there a circumstance in your life or in the life of someone you care about that you desperately want to see change? Are you praying for a move from God today, dear heart? If so, come with me as we take a look at a familiar story and see what encouragement we

The days seem to get hotter and hotter lately and as I sit here typing these words, I have my box fan running to cool me off. The sound of the box fan is soothing to me. Listening to it running now, it isn’t hard to figure out why I find the noise so soothing.

Have you ever been really thirsty? I mean the hot, dry mouth, desperately need a drink, thirsty. Is there anything more refreshing than good, cold, fresh water in that moment? Have you ever dived into cool, beautiful, blue waters on a hot day? How good did that water feel on your hot skin? Water is

My daughter said something to me recently that resonated deeply in my heart because I have had that exact same thought many times in my life. We were discussing something that was, quite honestly, life-changing news for her, and she said, “Well, this wasn’t how I wanted it to happen.” I acknowledged the depth of

I heard a statement on my way to church one morning that lingered in my mind until I could get home and do a little more research on it. The person on the radio said that there was no known substitute for blood. Being a child of the King washed in His precious blood, this

For nearly a week now, a theme has been coming up multiple times a day during my Bible reading, studies, etc. That theme is holiness or the word holy. Both have been popping up over and over while I am reading, so I decided it was time to dig a little deeper to find out