She was married to a man whose name meant “fool” in Hebrew. He was rude, harsh, selfish and quoting 1 Samuel 25:17, “a worthless man that one cannot speak to him.” The smartest decision Nabal ever made was to marry Abigail. Have you met this lady? She was intelligent, discerning and oh so beautiful. The day in and day out with Nabal had taught her discretion and sharpened her wits. She was a diplomat – had…
“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 ESV When I become stressed, I usually want to run back to old habits and my old way of handling situations. Do you struggle with that too? Going back always seems easier. We have good intentions but change is hard. So hard that sometimes we’d rather go back to the painful…
Across Facebook we see posters share the “my year in review” post and I think, do I want to review my year? How about you? Let’s be honest, there was some craziness in 2014. I’ve had some- Oh Lord, Please Lord, No Lord, Yes Lord, Don’t Lord, Why Lord, Help Lord and a lot of Thanks Lord. A wise woman told me in 1991 during a health crisis, “In six months you will look back on today…
There are more ways to be imprisoned than being behind bars. Maybe the scale is chained to your leg or fear has you nearly frozen. Does activity have you in captivity? Or… is your heart full of hurt, resentment, unforgiveness and despair? There is healing for you today. Jesus died to comfort our broken hearts and set us free from our captivity (Isaiah 61:1 NLT) May I pray for you? Dear Jesus, we feel so bound. Please…
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