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Weather Funnies for the Win

I can’t be the only one who needs a laugh? Last weekend I was speaking in Kansa and found myself needing to take shelter in a basement amidst tornado sirens and hail. Today, I’m here at my daughter’s in Houston dealing with bad weather and an elevated flood alert (am I the common denomiator?) when we remembered this little moment from 2011. I simply had to find this gem on the website for y’all asap because, wait for it, “Life can be hard when it’s good but it’s always better when you’re laughin...

Seven Ways Jesus Words on the Cross Teach us to Live!

Seven Ways Jesus Words on the Cross Teach us to Live!

We come to these seven words as people of the Way who have believed in God and received the Spirit of His Son into our hearts calling out, “Abba Father, not my will but yours.” We acknowledge our weakness and the futility of trying to live a surrendered life through our best intentions and efforts, while actively yielding to and celebrating Holy Spirit who now lives in us, enabling us to live as Christ lived.   

Monday March 25th Live soberl...

Spring langniappe from my house to yours ~ ShellieT

Hey friend! It’s ShellieT here with a host of different things on my mind, meaning today’s letter will be a little longer than normal. I have a Holy Week reading for you at the end, but first. Let’s chat…

I’ll begin with that intro. I started using ShellieT in social media posts and videos a while back to help readers remember where to find this little reading community of ours. Yes, you can still get to my website by using belleofallthingssouthern.com, the name I chose many moons ago when I fir...

When God Smiles at You

Hello friend! Happy New Year! I’ve got a word of encouragement for you today. It’s one we don’t celebrate nearly as much in the body of Christ as we should, but one I want to be found sharing with anyone who’ll listen.

First, some back story. Yesterday, I had the great pleasure of being with a group of women at my local First Methodist Church here in Lake Providence, LA to wrap up their study of my latest book, “Seizing the Good Life.”

 

I could use a slew of words and I’d still come up short t...

A Christmas Story for my friends

Hello friend, I’ve been trying to snag time to write to this sweet community all season long, and well, I guess you see how that turned out! I could detail all the Christmas doings that have kept me from it, but I know you’ve been in the same throes of activity. And I feel sure if you’re stealing a few minutes to read these words, that’s about how much time you have, a hot minute. Right? Besides, I’d rather use our time together to make much of Immanuel, God with Us.

I was blessed to speak at my...

I blinked and 30 Days of Thankfulness is here again!

Whoa! I blinked and it’s time for our 30 Days of Thankfulness tradition! New to it? Here’s the mini backstory: I introduced this November drive to my readers almost two decades ago. (That timeline feels crazy, but it’s true!) The idea is to spend the days leading up to Thanksgiving demonstrating our gratitude, rather than simply expressing it. Over the years we’ve supported a range of causes, both locally and far beyond our hometowns. And every year we’ve met our predetermined goal, but only AFT...

The Disembodied Hand, a chilly bump story just for you!

I hear tell some of you like a story that gives you chill bumps. Well, I’ve got a fairly creepy one for you.  We’ll be reading straight from the fifth chapter of Daniel if you want to open your Word. However, I’m going to share it in storytelling style, so I’ll put my thoughts in italics and parenthesis to make double dog sure there’s no mistaking my words from the holy ones. Settle in, and let’s go…

(Once upon a time in a land far away a royal named) King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a t...

The A-List is Draining the life out of you. Here’s how to get it back!

Hey friend, I’m meeting myself coming and going on the road right now, but you are never far from my mind. Honest! I’m always asking the Lord for ways to add value to your life, to ease your load, to make you chuckle, but most of all, to help you discover the abundance of Christ Jesus. And not because I think I’ve arrived. Goodness no, but to quote Paul, “I am pressing on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus!” So, here’s something I think will help you, if you ...

How to live in a broken world

She has no idea of the evil gripping and ripping into our world, no concept of the tremendous grief and anger surging. I see her smile and I hear their wails. I’m present with her as I pray for them. The enemy whispers that this joy is a betrayal. He is a liar.

We’re not called to live in darkness. We’re called out of it.

So I remind myself that it is good and right to let Jesus keep living large through me, even as I mourn for and pray over this broken world. When I feel fragmented with it al...

Ode to Country Stores

Hey friend,

Got time for a story? I’ve got country stores on my mind. You may remember that we just finished hosting our grandchildren for the 7th Annual Pops and Keggie Kamp. The Beloved Farmer and I have mostly recovered. Mostly. ~smile~

We packed tons of lovely chaos into our time together but somehow between our morning devotionals, visiting with their great grandparents, four-wheeling on the farm, and afternoon water sports on the lake, we never visited Ingleside. That’s a miss in my book....