Several weeks ago I was sitting on my porch enjoying a quiet morning in God’s creation. It had been a long week. I was weary. I was exhausted. I was at the end of my strength. My porch is the place I love to sit and reflect. To enjoy creation and talk things over with […]
How would you complete the following sentence: “I never thought my spouse would be so ____________.” ? There are probably as many different answers to this question as there are couples. Some of the possible answers would be, “I never thought my spouse would be so…
How do you feel about affliction? What is your go-to response? I admit my first reaction is usually to avoid it and run from it at all costs. I like ease and comfortability. The verses we journaled last week from Psalm 119:65-80 are rich lessons for us in our approach to and attitude toward affliction. […]
I don’t know about you, but my week has been a whirlwind of emotions. This storm has caused me to practice what we read in this week’s verses from Psalm 119. Our son lives and works in West Palm Beach, Florida. When word that Irma was heading his way, I began to communicate with him […]
Expectations. We all have expectations before we get married. We have expectations about what marriage will be like. We have expectations about how our spouse will act. We have expectations that tend to become the standard by which we measure and evaluate the quality of our marriage. We expect things like…
This week we’ve journaled from Psalm 119:33-40 and 119:41-48. These are perhaps some of my favorite verses from Psalm 119. Over 20 years ago, these were some of the Scriptures the Lord used to bring about tremendous healing and freedom in my life. I grew up in church. I even walked the aisle and was […]