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She Murdered a Man / DAILY INSPIRATION

The frail disease-ravaged woman sat sprawled before me on the pavement, nonchalantly telling me how she had murdered a man in cold blood. She had already long ago paid society's cost and consequences of murder; her human penalty had been paid. She had been given her court system sentence and done what the penal system had mandated her to do. Some would say her victim deserved what he had gotten considering all that he had done; others might see the situation in a different light, or darkness....

Is Your Life a Sand Castle? / DAILY INSPIRATION

Some years ago, I moved back for a few years to where I had grown up and was astonished to find an incredible amount of what some seemed to laughingly call "McMansions." I didn't find it funny at all, however; it seemed rather tragic to me. For I could not help but picture how many lonely, lost people might fill up a single room or two of these monstrous sized houses. I wondered how many of the houses were filled with one or two people. And I wondered how one person yelling out to another acr...

Lara Love Has Not Disappeared

For anyone who might wonder if I have disappeared simply because I have not been pouring out my usual almost Daily Inspiration, or Bible Takeout, or been in touch in what perhaps might be my usual manner, do not be alarmed; I have not disappeared. I have not fallen back into the confines of depression, or any number of old places that kept me bound, purposeless and mostly useless in the grand scheme of things. Rather, if it can be imaginable for those who know me, I am more alive than ever be...

ARE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS KILLING YOU? / Daily Inspiration

Every which way it seems I turn these days, it seems I am watching prescription drugs wreak havoc on human beings. I am literally watching people I know, and hearing stories of others, who are dying from them. They are not only not getting better from the prescription drugs, and they are not only getting worse. The prescription drugs are killing them. And in case you are wondering, I am not speaking of prescription drugs that are being taken according to the prescribed kind and the prescribed...

Has God Gone Silent? / DAILY INSPIRATION

There are those who seek the Lord, there are those who do not seek the Lord, and then there are those who seek and seek and seek the Lord - and seek some more. I seek the Lord so much and so often it is a wonder He does not grow tired of me, and yet He never does. But He does seem so silent at times despite my seeking; does He ever seem that way to you?

photo in background courtesy of morguefile.comAccording to the Bible, God does speak to believers in Christ. And according to scriptures, God...

Has God Given You More than You Can Handle? / DAILY INSPIRATION

As I unloaded about 1000 pounds of dog food from my car, for which I am grateful beyond description mind you despite the several hours it took to go pick it up and the time it took to unload it all, I thought about for the umpteenth time how God has given me so much more than I can handle. From childhood sexual abuse, post traumatic stress disorder, self-mutilation, severe anxiety and depression, multiple addictions, the loss of my family, abandonment by two husbands, the loss of my pastor an...

DONATIONS for PARALYZED DOG's SURGERY

Please help paralyzed dog Mr. Simeon get surgery related to his paralysis. As one of the 17 mostly special needs & senior rescued dogs of Walk by Faith Ministry, Mr. Simeon is a permanent fixture with his numerous canine siblings but has greater needs than many if not most of them. His surgery will involve removal of one of his nipples - the same surgery he had in 2013 for another nipple.

Mr. Simeon in his wheelchair with some donated toys.....Due to his paralysis and his long periods of l...

I Feel Like I'm Dying / Daily Inspiration

"I feel like I'm dying," I cried out to the Lord in the midst of yet another trial. Though such an infinitesimally small trial compared with trials I have gone through in the past, and phenomenally minuscule compared with trials others worldwide have endured, for me it was a tough one. And amid my crying out to the Lord to get through it, I told Him exactly how I felt. Even as I spoke the words to Him, I thought how strange they seemed for a 47-year-old woman blessed with good health. Yet the...

Did the Devil Get a Hold of Your Bible?

If you don't think one word can make all the difference in the world, think again. I recently found out with just a little research that one of the exceedingly dangerous outcomes of how many countless people have decided to keep bringing out new versions of the Bible is that one changed, or missing word, can make ALL the difference. But that shouldn't surprise any of us, should it? Not when the devil upon his first appearance in the Bible deceived Adam and Eve by twisting and perverting God's...

Radical Obedience - What the Heck Is It? / DAILY INSPIRATION

The day long ago a woman told me she was planning a talk on radical obedience, I thought it was the most exciting, unique, and wonderful topic. It sounded fresh, inspiring, and like a revolutionary concept when it came to the things of God. It also seemed incredibly intriguing - like something I could certainly afford to learn something about, let alone put into practice. But as time went by, and I dug deeper into God's Word, I found I had developed a totally different outlook on the subject....