A Simple Prayer
Hosanna is both prayer and praise. It is a cry and a joyful shout. The translation comes from “Yasha” which means delivers and “Anna” which means please. In other words, please save us our deliverer. Meaning, I know who is able to save me, and I confess I need saving. This word came to me […]
How Does Your Garden Grow?
In Mathew 13 we read the parable of the Sower, and the different soil that the seeds fall on. No pun intended, but there is so much to glean from this parable. Think about the different soils and how they apply to our lives. The seeds that fell by the wayside: Are there times we […]
Mirror Mirror
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Cor 5:17.) Not sure about you, but I really struggle with applying this to myself. I know not to judge others after the flesh, but when I look in my mirror that […]
God Never Wastes A Day
My blood pressure inexplicably soared, so my daughter, Kristine, chauffeured me to the ER. NOT the dreaded ER! We waited over nine hours. A wasted day of frustration? No…it was destined to be a day of unexpected opportunities. I had forgotten my prayer spoken days earlier, “How do I DO this?” “How do I TOUCH […]
Haters
Do you have someone in your life who gives you a hard time- someone who treats you totally unfairly or maybe even hates you? You’re not alone. There are many folks in the Bible who had haters: Joseph, Noah, Moses, Paul, and definitely Jesus. Here, I want to talk about Hannah. In 1 Samuel 1, […]