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Feeling Trapped?

“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.” Psalm 91:1

“My beloved spoke, and said to me:
“Rise up, my love, my fair one,
And come away.” Song of Solomon 2:10

Feeling trapped? I am. Totally trapped. Feeling like you can’t get out of the circumstances you’re in? The feelings you’re in? The situation you’re in? The job you’re in? Relationship? Health scen...

A Touching Testimony

“My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.” 1 John 3:18

My ex husband was back in the hospital for the umpteenth time due to a chronic and serious medical condition compounded by a prescription drug addiction that doesn’t help matters. The small hospital he had gone to wanted to transfer him to a big city hospital some distance away. Day after day, however, he couldn’t be transferred due to lack of space. So he waited.

Meanwhile, a beloved friend who...

Butterflies in New York City?

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” James 1:17

Who was my beloved friend kidding? Maybe I was hearing things? We didn’t always have the greatest phone connection after all. But no. I really had heard what I had heard. And she wasn’t kidding. She had just suggested I go out onto the streets of New York City and find a butterfly. Okay, well, that’s not the whole story. So here it...

Feel Good Faith?

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1

I had been fretting and feeling somewhat discouraged and frustrated for at least a few weeks about the quality of my alone time with the Lord and the Bible when the Spirit of God caught my attention with an important reminder.

Where in the Bible does God promise us that all the time we spend with Him will be filled with delicious, yummy, appetizing, wonderful, beautiful, happy, joyful, easy, peacef...

But They Were Wrong

“Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” Mt. 7:12

““Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” Luke 6:37

“Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.”

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also....

Stay in the Fire

“being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;” Phil. 1;16

“In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,” 1 Peter 1:6-7

“Beloved, do not think it strange conce...

Praising It Up to the ER

“But we will bless the Lord
From this time forth and forevermore.
Praise the Lord!” Psalm 115:18

I wasn’t in the least bit surprised when a beloved friend contacted me to let me know she was on the way to the Emergency Room with her husband. I wasn’t surprised she was headed there considering the medical treatment she had been undergoing regarding a major diagnosis, but I also wasn’t surprised with how she described her car ride there. That’s because I know her well, I know her heart for the...

15 Minutes Can Change a Life

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”” John 13:34-35

Exhausted. Run down. Weary. Down. Years of trials. Long ago ones. Ongoing ones. Recent ones. Sometimes we just can’t help but get worn down. I was that day. So very much so. Trudging down the street in extremely hot weather with two of my dogs after a short walk. Too down to help any...

Punching Satan

“The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.” Rom. 16:20

Besides the approximately 20 years Satan tried to convince me to commit suicide to destroy my life altogether, the single biggest reason he has come after me in one ferocious attack after another is altogether clear. He has worked relentlessly to shut down my ministry most especially to stop me from writing for the Lord. He has done everything imaginable and unimaginable to try...

Dangerous Lovers

“But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power.” 2 Tim. 3:1-5 (underlining added)

““I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that yo...