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Removing the Ceiling in Our Prayers
Do you pray safe prayers? We don’t ask for the big stuff, because we don’t dare sound greedy, but do we not have because we don’t ask (James 4:2)? What if we asked big, since He’s a big God?
Guide Dog Tale: Why Did God Allow This?
My sweet, Iva brings out the protective momma bear instincts in me. She has been attacked by lose dogs twice while we have been walking. The last incident occurred three months ago. I have asked God why He allowed the attack. He should have protected us.
Do you ever wonder why God allows bad things to happen? Why Does God allow the accident that alters someone’s life? Why does God allow disease? Why does God allow my chemistry to be prone to depression?
Love Shouldn’t Have to Hurt
Is it safe to say we all desire love? But sometimes love creates pain. For many years, I tried to fill the void in my heart, but I was looking for love in all the wrong places. And not in the face of Jesus Christ. Through those seasons, I never knew Jesus.
New! Peace in a Warring World
For weeks after my spinal fusion surgery, I doubted myself. I even doubted God. Had I misunderstood the peace about this major surgery in the months preceding it? Could I even be sure of what God lays upon my heart?
We Will Survive
We Will Survive Strength and honor are her clothing; She shall rejoice in time to come. Proverbs 31:25 Whew! That Proverbs 31 woman has big shoes to...
How Can We Possess Strong Faith, Not Weak Faith?
I didn’t feel the epidural, until the steroids hit my leg. As I moaned, the doctors encouraged me, “We hit the sweet spot!” Afterward, they explained that my back was so inflamed they couldn’t get the full dose of medicine. I would need a series of injections.
I didn’t want to hear that, because I believed God would heal me through this one. I also know that God often has a better plan. Like me screaming, “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!” while enduring that pain that no accurate description can describe.
I came to this passage last night. Abraham and Sarah knew the facts. Physically conceiving a child and carrying it full term was impossible, just like the facts about my injections. But Abraham and Sarah didn’t waver at doubt. In spite of the facts, they believed the promise of God when God promised Abraham, he would become a father to many descendants.