“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.” Matthew 6:1 “Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted and ardent. If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. If you are blamed you will not be discouraged. If they call you a saint you will not put Continue Reading
Wait for It … {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
“Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are those who wait on Him” (Isaiah 30:18). I know better. I’ve seen God’s faithfulness. Still, in a season of hard, where I don’t see his answers, it’s easy to let doubt creep in or rather barge in. It’s then, I want to say, “Where are you God? Are you there? Do you care?” But you and I both know by now we can’t see what God sees and we can’t know what he Continue Reading
Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys (Recharge Wednesday Linkup)
I was taking a month-long class in Ecuador. We traveled around the beautiful country- even into the Amazon rainforest. There, a few monkeys determined to do what non-cartoon monkeys in tourist traps do: harass people. The agile creatures stole anything loose they could grab. We tried to ask how to get our stuff back. A tour guide laughed. No one owned those monkeys. No one controlled them. He suggested we try trading goods with the animals. In the end, he might as well have said this Continue Reading
What’s Your Hurry? {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
Happy Wednesday! Today, our linkup features the winner of this month’s Guest Contributor contest, Michelle Morin. If you've been around the blogsphere for any length of time, you have come across Michelle's beautiful, insightful posts. This one... hit home for me, on a very personal level. It is sure to bless you too! Thank you all, for Recharging with us! Love, Patricia From time to time, I experiment with timelessness by taking off my watch. That naked wrist feels as daring and Continue Reading
Knocking on Heaven’s Door {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
I learned to be persistent in prayer when my children were little. If you have ever had a 7-year-old around, you can surely relate. Of all persistent children in the world, I believe my youngest daughter takes the cake. She always knows what she wanted. And asks for it. A lot. When she was little, she would not take no for an answer until mom got her attention, looked her in the eye and spelled out: “I said N-O!” for the 15th (and hopefully last) time. Still, after about five minutes, she Continue Reading
When My Conversation is Interrupted {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
My definition of prayer? A conversation with God. My definition of conversation? An informal interchange of thoughts and words between persons. Now that these definitions are clear may I ask you a question? Do you ever get distracted and wander when you pray? Oh boy, I do. Especially if I'm trying to pray at bedtime. Best cure for insomnia ever! I might be saying a "thank you" for the day and my words will start mingling with my dream state and I suddenly wake up thinking, Oh dear Continue Reading
