After my last post on navigating storms, I encountered the following devotional the next day in my morning email. It is from a classic devotional Streams In The Desert by Mrs. L. B. Cowman and comes to me each day from Crosswalk. Streams in the Desert is one of the many online subscriptions available to readers from Crosswalk.com and I encourage…
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This new devotional by Tony and Jonathan Evans, KINGDOM FAMILY DEVOTIONAL, turns what often seems like a daunting task into a simple, consistent, and fun routine! It simplifies family devotions. We’re all busy these days, kids included! Carving out a consistent time to come together as a family over God’s word sounds simple, but very…
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I think it was Ruth Graham who wrote, “…there is a broken heart in every pew.” Many years down the road, with many a “breaking-experience” under my belt, I can say a healthy amen. We in The Church are “a building” built from broken things. I recall when I was the editor of my women’s…
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The road you’re on is not an easy one. (I should know.) I have been down your road. It is for that reason I wrote this book. I am hoping it will plant some seeds of trust in that heart of yours. The Jewish would call me “bat Shuvah”—she who has returned. I have returned. To my Abba-Father God. To…
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I had always felt it. This distance. All of my life—I felt out of sync with what was around me. Family. School. Church. God. Wherever I was, there was them, then there was me. Separate. I don’t know why. Perhaps it is hidden in early events I cannot now recall. Anyway, forget the why. That isn’t what I…
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Denominational Made-up-Minds. (Oh baby!) Of all the things in The Church, perhaps this is the thing that scares me the most. This blind prejudice to, “We have always done it this way.” or “That is what my daddy believed, what my mama believed, and by golly, it’s what I believe!” Well… okay then! Pardon my seeing this Glorious…
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We live in a day when everyone seems to be chasing BIG numbers. (We measure by numbers.) Big numbers seem to say, “This person is important.” or “You need to own that thing that everyone else is buying.” Big numbers seem to equal a BIG deal. Bigger equals better—that’s the world’s mantra! But remember? The…
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(DREAM-MAKER:) Before you go… I want you to listen to Me… Are you listening? CATERPILLAR: (…grumble… grumble… grumble.) (DREAM-MAKER:) I want you to remember Who you work for. CATERPILLAR: Work for? (DREAM-MAKER:) Yes. You work for Me. Your life is in My hands. You are kept by My love. CATERPILLAR: (DREAM-MAKER:)…
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(DREAM-MAKER:) Soon. CATERPILLAR: Soon? What does that mean? Soon? When is, soon? I’ve been waiting a long time—I mean, I’ve been in here a long, long, long time. (DREAM-MAKER:) Patience. CATERPILLAR: Okay… (sigh) I’ll calm down. I’ll be patient, but I’m just saying, it’s been a long time. In a very tight space. I…
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CATERPILLAR: All this way! All this effort! To end up here… in this miserable, dark place. (I don’t like this place…) CATERPILLAR: Dream-Maker? Do You hear me? I hate this place! Oh-why-oh-why, did I ever pray those prayers! Dream-Maker how much longer? Haven’t I waited long enough? Dream-Maker? I did everything You told me to do—I…
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