Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord! Psalm 31:24 ESV Growing up in a military home, I knew the meaning of Memorial Day. Unfortunately sometimes familiarity can lead to indifference. It wasn’t until my first experience with the loss of a soldier of whom I knew personally that … Continue reading Memorials of Courage →
For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again. Proverbs 24:16a NIV Growing up with four older brothers, it was inevitable that I would be an ardent sports fan. Because of this, I consider it a victory that my husband and I have been married for 25 years having NEVER cheered for the … Continue reading We Fall Down, We Get Up Again →
There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13 NLT Growing up in a military home, I knew the meaning of Memorial Day. Unfortunately sometimes familiarity can lead to indifference. It wasn’t until my first experience with the loss of a soldier of whom I knew personally that … Continue reading No Greater Love →
“I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields–and with them, persecutions) and in … Continue reading What Would You Do? →
Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another—showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way. Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us. (2 Timothy 3:16-17 MSG)