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
The Goldfish Principle – The Power of Boundless Faith {The Atlanta Journal Constitution}
My first personal experience with a goldfish took place when our oldest daughter was 4 years old. After months of pleading for a pet, my husband and I finally decided to compromise. A dog was out of the question. Between the demands of career and family, I knew a puppy would not have the quality of life that it deserved in our house. A goldfish would have to do. Freddy was well loved and cared for. I washed its bowl on Saturdays, and our little girl would proudly feed him daily. However, 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
Unquestionable, Undeniable, Overwhelming Victory
And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. From His mouth comes a 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
Hopelessness & the Increasing Suicide Rate {The Atlanta Journal Constitution}
In his book “When God Was Taken Captive,” Willard Aldrich quotes a story by James DeLoach, senior pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Houston, about a painting he came across many years ago. The picture depicted an old, burned-out mountain shack. After the fire, the family’s sole possession was destroyed, and the picture shows that only the chimney remained standing. In front of the devastated home stood an old man, dressed in his underclothes, with a small boy by his side. It was evident Continue Reading
