Passage: Matt 26:51-53 Key Verse: “Put away your sword,” Jesus told him. “Those who use the sword will die by the sword.” V.52 (NLT) "Put Away Your Sword, Peter!" Those were the exact words I heard at 5:30 in the morning one day last week. I was lying in bed, talking to the Father. I had not been awake for more than five minutes when these words echoed in my mind, in the midst of my conversation with God. Like the impertinent friend of Luke 11, I was bringing my heart’s desire Continue Reading
My Latest Article for the AJC: True Beauty Should Shine From Within
More Than What Meets the Eye
More Than What Meets the EyePassage:1 Peter 3:1-6Verse:“ You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.” Verse 4 (NLT)My husband and I were watching Downton Abbey’s (painfully sad) season finale last Sunday. (Yes and yes, we have become DA junkies, I must confess!) The show has captured my interest for the beautiful surroundings of those twentieth century amazing homes, the elegance of Continue Reading
My latest AJC Article – Sometimes Our Resolve is Just Not Enough
God Wants to Use You… Are You Ready?
Passage:1 Peter 4:10-12 Key Verse:“As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God” V.10 (NASB) I was ten years old the first time I started teaching. We will call her Mary. She was our live-in maid. She was only sixteen and had been raised on a farm, the daughter of a poor farmer who had no means to take his children to the nearest school. When I found out she could not read nor write, determination filled my mind - my Continue Reading
Forgetting What Lies Behind… Press On!
Passage:Philippians 3:11-16Key Verses: “No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.” (vs.13-14)“You had such a difficult year!” “Oh, my, am I glad 2012 is over!”“You must be exhausted!”These are some of the words I have heard from friends and family, and many times have Continue Reading
