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Wild Truck Testimony!

When I peered out my hotel room blinds, I noticed a pickup truck with an unusual looking trailer parked parallel in multiple parking spaces including handicapped ones right in front of my room. I was highly irritated. I was upset. Judgmental. Critical. Prideful.

In over 7 years on the road for the Lord Jesus Christ and ministry with my special needs ministry dogs most of which time I have been in hotels, God has used countless ways to teach me, train me, grow me, refine me, test me, lead me to r...

Now Is NOT the Time to Quit!

If you are clear about what God has called you to do, and if you have started down the pathway of doing His will, and if suddenly you find yourself feeling like it is too hard to continue, now is NOT the time to quit!

It can be so exciting to get started doing what God has given us to do. It can be thrilling and satisfying to move ahead with His will day by day.

But when the struggles come, the battles begin, the trials and tribulations increase, the devil comes so incredibly hard at us, the peo...

Are You Done With That Sin Yet?

Are you done with the sin that has been plaguing your life? The sin that has been grieving God’s heart? The one that has been hurting other people no matter how much you have tried to convince yourself it has not? The sin that has weighed you down and kept you from truly living your life as God has intended? The sin that has not allowed you to genuinely fulfill your life purpose? The sin that has you bound in shame and guilt? The sin you have been cleaving to, clinging to, absolutely utterly ref...

Challenged Through a Turtle Rescue

So maybe not everyone thinks turtles are beautiful. Rest assured this massive turtle in the middle of the road was truly beautiful. Well, the story concerning the turtle’s rescue is anyway. And the message that goes with it is powerful – and convicting. And it comes with a very big CHALLENGE!

I was walking in a direction I do not ordinarily walk when I saw a car stopped in the middle of the road. Turns out two young women had gotten out of their car and were going absolutely all out to rescue an...

I Pee-D on Myself!

There is something hilarious, ridiculous, and absurd not to mention embarrassing about what I am about to tell you, but with it is an exceedingly serious and important message for us all.

Long ago, when I was an alcoholic at an Ivy League university, desperately obsessed with alcohol, sugar, men, and bars, I got so drunk one night while doing my usual bar-hopping that I pee-d on myself.

I was wearing light-colored pants so the pee was unbelievably obvious and most likely stunk as well. I had the...

Got Abandonment Issues?

When a beautiful young woman mentioned having “abandonment issues”, I immediately related. I had “abandonment issues” for many years. Debilitating, gut-wrenching, icky, yucky, awful “abandonment issues”. Goes with the territory of sexual abuse, abandonment by people as a result of talking about it, abandonment by two husbands, and lots and lots more rejection and abandonment.

My heart was a total mess in part because I felt so indescribably rejected and abandoned. And deep within me I terribly f...

Think You Know Better than God?

“I think I should do [such-and-such] today,” I thought.

Immediately the Holy Spirit interrupted my thoughts.

“Do you think you know better than I do?” I sensed the Lord essentially ask me.

He silenced me with His question. How could I answer but with the truth.

There was no need to reply. He and I both knew the truth.

Over and again, the Lord had made clear He did not want me to go do something I typically did on that day of the week. He spoke to my heart what He wanted me to do instead. Despite...

My Little Fantasy

“I had a little fantasy,” I told the Lord early in the morning.

“…Your little fantasy is not my will,” the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart.

End of conversation. Enough said. God can say so much in so few words. He had said all I needed to hear.

My little fantasy? Concerning someone in need, I had in my mind what I thought would be the perfect plan to get much needed help. I had not only imagined how it would begin but also how wonderfully I thought it should end. Oh, I had it wonderfully worked ou...

Stay 100% Out of It!

The Holy Spirit’s command and warning to me were abundantly clear.

“Stay 100% out of it,” He spoke to my heart regarding a particular situation.

Maybe you wonder why God very clearly told me, “100%”.

Here is why. And I wonder if you can relate.

So many times over the years God told me NOT to do something. I convinced myself it was okay to “partly” obey God and “partly” NOT. I figured it was okay to just go a little ways in the wrong direction and that I would be obeying God so long as I did not ...

Wake Up! This World Needs HELP!

This world is falling completely apart. Evil is abounding increasingly. Hatred, darkness, sin, ugliness, prejudice, violence, wars, abuse, neglect, anger, rage, bitterness, brokenness, addictions, suicides, terrorism, murders, homelessness, hunger, poverty, child sexual abuse, and so much more are getting worse and worse and worse. And mind you what is happening in America is NOTHING in the way of bad compared to what the rest of the world is suffering.

WAKE UP! THIS WORLD NEEDS HELP!

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