When people are young and thinking about what they want to be when they grow up, they think about things like a teacher, an astronaut, a fireman, a policeman, the President, a Mom, etc.  Have you ever heard anyone say that what they want to be is a servant? I think that most everyone thinks … Continue reading Up or Down? →

Several days this week my devotionals were based on Acts 4:23–31.  The titles of those devotionals were:  The Necessity of Prayer; The Vision of Prayer; The Priority of Prayer; The Agenda of Prayer; and, The Power of Prayer.  Chris Tiegreen is the author of the daily devotional books I read each year and I just … Continue reading Where Our Power Lies →

Last week I wrote about how we all have secrets that we’d like to forget - secrets that we should forget - secrets that we can forget.  This week I read some passages that brought the idea of secrets to the forefront again - but, when I read this particular passage - I had to … Continue reading More Secrets →

I seriously doubt if there is anyone among us that don’t have secrets we would prefer to keep buried in the past.  Sins, that when they pop into our minds we’re embarrassed and/or ashamed. Each day when I have my prayer time, I always start off with praises for the good things in my life.  … Continue reading Secrets →

I looked up the definition of the word “attitude”, and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary has a long list of definitions - some of them I had no clue about, but that are totally unrelated to what I had assumed the word meant.  I found these particular ones interesting though: “a mental position with regard to a … Continue reading Have You Got Attitude? →

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”  Catherine of Siena It is so easy to just go about our daily lives, not really considering everything that we are seeing and hearing - no big deal, it’s just life, right?  But what we see and hear affects our thoughts - and our thoughts affect our … Continue reading What Are You Thinking? →

(Scripture reference from NIV) I began this journey of writing a weekly blog in 2018 and this article was the first Father’s Day message I wrote back in 2019.       Today we celebrate Father’s Day.  Sonora Dodd first suggested this celebration in 1909 in Spokane, Washington.  Her Civil War veteran father had reared 6 children as … Continue reading The Apple of His Eye →

(Recommended reading - preferably from the NIV translation - Leviticus 26) Have you read the book of Leviticus lately?  Well, let’s be honest - it’s a very hard book of the Bible to get through - at least for me it is.  It’s so full of a multitude of complex laws that God gave to … Continue reading If’s, And’s & But’s →

I don’t know if you’re like me or not, but I have been known to listen to sermons, speeches, motivational talks, etc. and hear things I really like.  Nodding in agreement, I determine that I’m going to step up to the plate, do my share, take action, get things done!  I may even make a … Continue reading Nodding In Agreement →

I don’t believe that any one of us can escape this world without experiencing the feeling of rejection.  It’s a very unpleasant experience, to say the least.  I also realize it’s not a very uplifting topic for discussion. So why did I choose to write about it this week?  Because I’ve been dealing with some … Continue reading Rejection →