Keep Singing…

Keep Singing…

When I am facing a battle, praising God is not usually my first thought.  Where do my thoughts often settle?  Fear.  While I am shaking in my boots, my next thought is “how will I fight this?”  In 2 Chronicles 20 King Jehoshaphat faced an impending battle.  Messengers brought him news that war had been declared against Judah.  Has a messenger (friend or foe) brought you news that war has been declared against you or…

Every word is meant for us…

Every word is meant for us…

My mom has said that as soon as she gets the answer, the question changes.  More and more I appreciate her wisdom.  Life has thrown “questions” my way over the last month or so.  You would have found me just merrily traveling along and then….. life happened.  So here I uncomfortably sit wanting to write but not ready to share.  Have you ever been there?  When you are a writer, you want to write usually, yet…

Fear…

What are you afraid of?  What makes you anxious?  Fear is one of the areas that I seem to struggle with the most.  I had a great counselor ask me, “What are you the most afraid of?”  After I answered, he said, “Ok, what is the worst thing that could happen?”  We talked that through with him helping me see that yes, it could happen but it wasn’t very likely.  Then came Job….  I have…

For Dennis -The best of the three is love…

“If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.  If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all His mysteries and making everything plain as day and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing.  If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be…