He blessed a child and saw God raise him from the dead. He survived and played a leading role in one of God’s big droughts. He stood up to impetuous rulers who were murdering people like him willy-nilly. The man called down fire from heaven effectively! “Failure” is not a word we associate with the prophet Elijah. But Elijah once believed he was failing at faith. After yet another death threat, he fled. The man had seen miracles. He’d played a part. Elijah knew he had been following and Continue Reading
Sometimes the Hardest Thing to Do… Is Doing Nothing At All {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
“To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.” This quote from 19th-century writer Oscar Wilde was used in a psychology article that I read recently. The article explained the characteristics of manic defense. An example of manic defense is the person who spends all of his or her time rushing around from one task to the next, unable to tolerate even short periods of inactivity. The more I read about manic defense, the more I Continue Reading
Finding a Reason for the Wait (Christy Mobley for Recharge Wednesday)
Each morning, with careful attention I gingerly turned over and reached for my Bible as to not disturb the joy of the motionless night I just had — a routine I repeated throughout the summer of 1995. When I was pregnant with my oldest son I was diagnosed with an inner ear disorder, Ménière's disease. “They” (the medical powers that be) thought it was caused by a viral infection I had in college. Wherever it came from, the long and short of it is, it made me dizzy. In June of 1995 we had Continue Reading
Recipe for a Wisdom Sandwich {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
Did you learn to write using the sandwich strategy? Although I’m sure Saul of Tarsus didn’t know this strategy, he did follow the pattern in the famous passage found in Philippians 3:12-14: Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what Continue Reading
Merry Christmas & a Blessed New Year {from the Recharge Wednesday Team}
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 Dear Friends and fellow bloggers, The Recharge Wednesday Writers' team has taken the last two weeks of the year off to rest and enjoy family, as we celebrate the birth of our Savior. Please visit us again on the first Wednesday of the New Year - January 3 to read Patricia's New Year's post and linkup with us. We are Continue Reading
The Good Gifts We Want Remembered {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP PARTY}
Are you done with your Christmas shopping ? Are you the kind of person who's in a rush and picks out whatever's on sale or do you carefully choose each gift, thoughtfully imagining how that person will react when they open it? Are the gifts you give the kind you want remembered? A few years ago around this time I went to a luncheon at the home of a childhood friend. Though we didn't see each other much during the year we always exchanged gifts on birthdays and Christmas. Upon my arrival Continue Reading
