Last month I wrote a devotion called "Downsizing to Divine Food," an excerpt from an unfinished book of mine called Downsizing to the Divine. A sweet reader contacted me and shared her struggle and weariness from years of too much "church" and not enough Jesus. I think we all have the potentialRead the Rest…
The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. Lamentations 3:25 ESV Over the last eight years I have spent a good portion of time in a waiting room. In 2005 my oldest son had a traumatic illness occur and thus started theRead the Rest…
The Word Psalm 66:17-20 (NLT) For I cried out to him for help, praising him as I spoke. If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But God did listen! He paid attention to my prayer. Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer or withdrawRead the Rest…
My son saved his money for a year and a half to buy two parakeets, a cage, food and accessories. I remember when he first started saving; he thought he would never get enough money. But finally the day came when my husband took him to the pet store, andRead the Rest…
This Christmas, I studied the Nativity and found myself in the characters: I was the peasant girl on the fringe, who wondered: Dare I enter? I was the breathless shepherd, brow beaded with sweat from running. I was the sheep, bleating in the presence of a newborn King. I was Mary, treasuring the moment, with birth painsRead the Rest…
