A four year old who is dear to my heart visited this week, and when I announced that it was time to clean up all of our toys, she had as many excuses as Moses when He was called by God to return to Egypt. “I am so tired,” she tried. “My hands are tooContinue reading “Cure for Unbelief”
Tag Archives: Obedience
A New Christmas Tradition
At Christmas time, we do things differently. The house is decorated differently. We eat different foods. We sing different songs. The ho-hum of the rest of the year fades in the twinkle and sparkle of lights, yet we expect our different traditions to remain the same. It wouldn’t be a tradition if it wasn’t theContinue reading “A New Christmas Tradition”
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Tables in the Wilderness
This week, the Lord asked me to do something that I did not want to do. First, I tried the docile Moses approach of offering excuses: “I don’t feel well.” “What if bad stuff happens?” “What if it’s haaaaaard?” The Lord told me the same thing He told Moses. “My name is not the What-If.Continue reading “Tables in the Wilderness”
Spelling Lessons
Attentive Hearkening
The older I get, the more my hearing is impaired by background noise. Noisy rooms are the worst, and if I am nodding and smiling at you, you can be fairly confident that I can’t hear what you’re saying. Ephesus was a noisy city. Besides the regular hustle and bustle of city life, there wasContinue reading “Attentive Hearkening”
Building Houses
And the Word was Rare
Summer is coming, and I recently got the calendar out to note the camps, swimming lessons, mission teams, and church events. The busy-ness of Spring gave me pause before I loaded the day squares with pink, purple, and green ink. Do I really need to be doing all these things? In my mind’s eye, IContinue reading “And the Word was Rare”
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