Listen HERE I’ve been contemplating who to vote for. I’ve been praying about it. I’ve been reading (a little) about it. I’m kind of sick of hearing about it. Two elections ago, I wrote in a name. Last election, I almost didn’t vote, but then, I remembered my grandfather’s Purple Heart and voted how IContinue reading “How to Vote”
Category Archives: Devils Lake Journal
Horrible Made Good
I don’t go to Sunday School intending to break up fist fights, but it’s happened a time or two. After the most recent altercation, one of the offending parties flung himself down on his face in the grass and sobbed, “My life is so horrible!” He detailed the reasons why, and I couldn’t disagree. ThisContinue reading “Horrible Made Good”
Rusty Repentance
Listen HERE Snirt is an old plow truck. My husband bought it, and my children named it after the substance that results from the mixing of snow and dirt. Neither the truck nor the mixture is very pretty. Snirt is a 1984 Ford 350, and I don’t know what color it used to be, butContinue reading “Rusty Repentance”
Food for Thought
Listen HERE My children started school this week. One thing I love about homeschooling is reading alongside my kids and setting aside time for reading myself. I’ve read some excellent books this year, and I am sharing them with you today in the hopes that it will spur us both on to God-exalting mindfulness andContinue reading “Food for Thought”
Belonging
Listen HERE A friend of mine recently shared about attending a large cultural event in our community. She’d been many times before. She knew most of the people participating. But this year, it was different. As soon as she arrived, she thought, “I don’t belong here.” As a Christian, my friend recognized that a largeContinue reading “Belonging”
The Value of One
Listen HERE I have spent most of the summers of my adult life teaching the good news of Jesus to hundreds of children. I usually take huge crates of snacks, chalk, bubbles, and crafts to neighborhoods nearby, and the children gather when they see me coming. This summer was different. This summer, I focused onContinue reading “The Value of One”
A Butterfly’s Path
Listen HERE Why don’t butterflies fly in a straight path? Today, I watched a yellow swallowtail butterfly dodge and flutter around the birds gathered at my birdfeeder. None were able to catch it, and it occurred to me that its haphazard flight path saves it from harm. As I watched, my teenage daughter was tellingContinue reading “A Butterfly’s Path”
Grass and Flowers
The wildflowers have overtaken both shoulders of the dirt road where I live. When I walk there, I watch bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds thriving on the pollen. It is a blessing to step out the front door into so much fragrant beauty. Whether the sun is shining on them or hail and wind batter them,Continue reading “Grass and Flowers”
For Dust You Are
Listen HERE “For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.” I’m sitting here at my writing desk, looking at the shelf I dusted yesterday. I had really let it accumulate, and all my knick-knacks are looking brand new without their layered coats of gray dust. Dust is insignificant unless it settles onContinue reading “For Dust You Are”
Golden Shields
Like every other angsty Christian teenager in the 90’s, I wanted faith strong enough to stand undaunted before a firing squad. We were listening to “Jesus Freak” and “Consuming Fire,” inviting our friends to “see you at the pole,” and our budding faith was ready to stand, to go, and to fight- for Jesus. MyContinue reading “Golden Shields”
Sarah Dixon Young 