One afternoon, I ran my fourteen-year-old son to a craft store to pick up something he needed for a project that he was working on. Toby ran into the store, and I waited in the car. A siren caught my attention and I glanced over at the main road, watching an ambulance zip by as it headed toward the nearby hospital. Immediately, my mind shifted to the goodness of God,…
There’s a hymn titled “Showers of Blessings,” and when I sing the song or think on its meaning, I visualize the blessings of God spilling down from Heaven all around, as numerable as the raindrops on a stormy day. But what about the thunder and lightning? No one wants the storm. In fact, sometimes we don’t even want the rain. We prefer our blessings on a warm and sunny day. …
As an author, I knew the importance of building a platform through public speaking. But I was at a loss to know what kind of message I’d give to the secular world because my life revolved around Jesus so much that I seemed to bring Him up in every conversation. So I had a problem. How could I discuss… The unique challenges I faced in dealing with a child with…
I need to lose about 25 pounds to be at my ideal weight. I don’t have a problem overeating, but I have an incredible sweet tooth. And I’ve discovered that losing weight when you have a sweet tooth is like skipping that morning cup of coffee when you’re addicted to caffeine. Now I realize that caffeine causes a physical addiction that creates withdrawal symptoms that only a dose of caffeine will…
The other day I was driving home from Wright Patterson Air Force Base, listening to the music on my IPOD when the most beautiful song came on. It was talking about Heaven and after describing its beauty, the singer said, “Look for me, for I will be there too. When you first arrive, you’ll realize there’s so much there to view. But when you’ve been there ten thousand years, a…
I Peter 5:8 says, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” Satan works hard to destroy people’s lives – especially those who live for Christ – and he’ll use any means he can to accomplish it. Most often he destroys from the inside out, kind of like an implosion that brings down an entire building marked for…
My husband and I have been married for almost 34 years and we’ve always had an open door policy. In February, 2012, we opened our door to a good friend who needed a place to stay. At that time, I thought there was a good possibility that she might be with us for a year or more. She moved into her own place eleven months later. The following month, our…
As some of you may know, I’ve been on vacation. When I go on vacation, I try not to take a vacation from writing My Blog or The Lord’s Page. I attempt to keep up with it everywhere I go. But this time, things got a little overwhelming and I had to take a break. We left Cincinnati on June 14th headed to Kansas. I posted on my website that…
I love to travel. Between being a military child and a military spouse, I’ve been through three-quarters of the United States. But as many times as I’ve crossed through Arizona, I’d never visited the Grand Canyon, so my husband and I packed up our grandsons (ages 11 and 13) and took off for the Grand Canyon. We stayed in a resort in Flagstaff, Arizona, and the staff there helped us…
God’s ways are not our ways. In fact, very often God’s ways are the complete and total opposite of ours. Americans teach their children the importance of self esteem, but God says in Galatians 6:3, “For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.” So when we pump our children full of self esteem, we are training them to think highly of themselves. …