Photo courtesy of Lisa Frost Best Photography. Taken in beautiful St. Francisville, Louisiana When we have a need that seems impossible, we run to where hope can be found. We start to lose our inhibitions. We don’t care what we have to do or who we have to talk to. That’s where Jesus found himself in Matthew 4. News about Him and His miracle-working power was spreading rapidly. Every person that could get to where…
Does the rebel inside you ever want to come out? Are you like me and being sweet gets wearisome? I mean I want to do it right, I want to love and forgive and serve and… but sometimes, I just want to stomp my foot and yell like Ouiser on Steel Magnolias, “I’m not as sweet as I used to be.” Obedience brings all kinds of good blessings. I know all those things, but sometimes…
“But Jesus replied, ‘My Father is always working, and so am I.” John 5:17 My eyes are as wide as an owl. I can’t shut off my mind. Looking for the solution to the problem, the situation that I find myself. There must be an answer. Of course there is and as I struggle to discover it, I remind myself, you can sleep, God’s still awake. I like to help God. Don’t you? Planning is…
When I saw the word for Five Minute Friday today was “Celebrate”, two things instantly came to mind. The first was that great song by Kool and the Gang, “Celebration” (I know but remember I was only 20 in 1980 when it was released.) and the second, thank goodness fall is on its way. An odd combination wouldn’t you say? As I sit here with that song whirling around in my head like a beautiful…
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