O LORD, you will ordain peace for us; you have done for us all our works. Isaiah 26:12 Peace. I doubt whether there is anything so sought after or valued in this world. Peacemakers are commended, both in Scripture and by society. Why, then, is there not peace? War and conflict spread overwhelmingly… Continue reading He Ordained Peace
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Saturday Song: Glorious Impossible
"How will this be," she asked. "Who then can be saved?" Impossible...That's what we would say. Impossible that a virgin should give birth to a son. Impossible that God would take on human flesh and come to walk on the earth He created. Impossible for the dead to live again. "With man it is impossible,… Continue reading Saturday Song: Glorious Impossible
Prayers for My Home
A couple weeks ago I was going through some prayers a wonderful sister in Christ from my church wrote up for my house blessing when I bought my house. They were good reminders of the purpose of my home and how it is to be used to glorify God and refresh both believers and unbelievers.… Continue reading Prayers for My Home
A Toy Piano and the Promise of Eternal Life
Triggers can be unusual, capricious things. At least for me, they are almost always unwelcome. Last Wednesday, my trigger was a small, worn-out, Little Tikes piano. A toy piano like the one I started playing almost from the time I could sit up by myself. A toy piano like the one my grandpa tried to… Continue reading A Toy Piano and the Promise of Eternal Life
Getting Ready for Year 7: school starts tomorrow
Desperate
Lord, We are a desperate people. We are desperate for safety and security. We are desperate for health and material things. We are desperate for comfort. We are desperate for the wrong things. We snub and we rob. We demean. We grasp after our wants greedily and selfishly. Then we look outward and hear news.… Continue reading Desperate
The Heart of a Single Woman’s Home: Concluding Prayer (part 8 of 8)
As I’m wrapping up this blog series, I want to share some hope and prayers for myself and other single women. My homemaking has not turned out as I originally planned or dreamed, but it is good, and I am lacking for nothing because I have God Himself. Because God is faithful and because true hope… Continue reading The Heart of a Single Woman’s Home: Concluding Prayer (part 8 of 8)
The Heart of a Single Woman’s Home: Buying a House (part 7 of 8)
While I knew of a handful of single women who were homeowners, I didn’t think I had the courage to do it. I was afraid that buying a house as a single woman in her late-20s would send one of two messages. The first message I was afraid to send was that I was too strong to need a man or that I’d at least be difficult to lead. The second message was that I had resigned to my singleness by giving up and buying a house.
12 Questions Concerning My Gift of God’s Varied Grace
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and… Continue reading 12 Questions Concerning My Gift of God’s Varied Grace
Single and Barren
Author’s Note: (Before beginning this topic, I want to clarify my thoughts on two areas. First, I can only experience barrenness as a single woman. I don’t know what it is like to long for a child as a married woman. I don’t know how it feels to try to conceive, have my hopes raised,… Continue reading Single and Barren
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