Faith, Hope & Joy

Belong

Belong

Today is Five Minute Friday! This is an opportunity to free-write for five minutes. The prompt today is “belong”. There are times I feel like I don’t belong in the writer’s “club”. Some days there are so many words, my fingers can’t type fast enough. Yet, on other days I am convinced my heart holds not one more word to share. Has God called you to serve in an area where you feel you don’t…

Would you like to borrow my big eraser?

Would you like to borrow my big eraser?

Some days I need a big eraser. Do you have those days in your life’s book? Red eraser crumbs would be sprinkled across the pages of our lives. Evidence left behind of our mistakes, sins and difficult days. I feel like Paul, “I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway.”(Romans 7:19) My sin nature is constantly working against me. How…

Give Hope a Chance

On page 420 of the old red hymnal it can be found, “My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.” Wooden cross, willing sacrifice and selfless love are the stones lain by our Savior, Jesus. Eyes closed, memories filling my mind, I sing “The Solid Rock” to the top of my lungs.   Hope is… A part of that great threesome in 1 Corinthians 13:13, “Three things will last forever–faith, hope, and…

Light and hope in the dark.

Light and hope in the dark.

My life was unraveling as if a loose thread had been pulled. Filled with distrust, not only of others but of myself. Each step felt soft, loose, and movable like sand under my feet. The solid structure of my home was like a house with termites. Outwardly all was well but the unseen was hollow and being destroyed. But God… Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 4:8 began to ring true for me, “We are experiencing trouble on every…