by carolyn | Mar 8, 2013 | Uncategorized |
I once attended a Bible Study where the woman teaching took out a twenty-dollar bill. She talked to us about how valuable it was. Then she mashed it up in her hands, crumpled it all together, tossed it on the ground and stomped on it. Then she picked it up and showed...
by carolyn | Mar 7, 2013 | Uncategorized |
No matter what happens in this life, keep your eyes on Jesus. He is the author and finisher of our faith (Heb 12:2). It’s easy to get distracted by offenses or circumstances going on around us. The most important thing is to keep His name on our minds and on our...
by carolyn | Mar 6, 2013 | Uncategorized |
It was midnight. I had come downstairs to sit a while so I wouldn’t keep my husband awake. I had been sick and rested so much in the past couple of days I just wasn’t tired anymore. I sat peacefully enjoying the quiet, when all the sudden a bloodcurdling scream...
by carolyn | Mar 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
It was the Sunday before Thanksgiving. The grocery store was packed. Usually I get my grocery shopping done before the crowds, but this year I had been sick, and so here my husband and I were, in the grocery store, in a big crowd. I just wanted to get my stuff, get...
by carolyn | Mar 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
When I sit down to read my Bible, I don’t do it as a duty. I first ask the Lord what He wants me to see in the word that day, and when I read things stand out to me. One of the ways the Lord speaks is through His word. If I treated the word as a duty, it would become...
by carolyn | Feb 28, 2013 | Uncategorized |
I spent many years praying for my husband. He was comfortable. If he went to church at all he was happy to sit in the back and watch from the sidelines. He didn’t want to get involved. Part of me wondered if he only went to church because I wanted him to. I felt God’s...
by carolyn | Feb 27, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Something a teacher said in Bible College still sticks with me today. He said, “Find the gold in people. It’s easy to see the dirt, find the gold.” Everyone has something good in them. Focus on the good, and pray for the rest. If anyone sees his brother commit a sin...
by carolyn | Feb 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Sometimes the things God asks us to do seem impossible. We look at ourselves and think there is no way I can do that by myself. And you know what? You’re right! There is no way that in ourselves we can do those things. It is Him working in us and through us. It’s...
by carolyn | Feb 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Sometimes it’s easy to see other people as the enemy, instead of someone who Jesus died for; especially when they’ve been unkind, rude or abusive. At times we may need to pull away so that those people are not able to hurt us, but we can still pray for them. We can...
by carolyn | Feb 20, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Everyone seems to know the importance of work. We see our time as valuable only when we’ve gotten something done. But there is something else that’s just as important, rest. When we schedule times for rest during our day, we come back refreshed, ready to take on the...
