May 19, 2020 | Hope and Encouragement, Overcoming fear
I answered my phone, knowing it was one of my very close friends, and she said,”I know what I want to give you for your birthday present, but I need to first check to make sure that Craig (my husband) will agree to it.” She proceeded to tell me that she’d just gotten...
May 12, 2020 | Godly Living, Overcoming fear
I’ll never forget the Christmas when my mom and I were decorating the Christmas tree. We were just about finished, all it was lacking was the topper. My mom quickly looked around for something close by that she could stand on to get her high enough to put on the...
Apr 18, 2020 | Hope and Encouragement, Overcoming fear
Every good and perfect gift is from above. During times of uncertainty we remember that there is only ONE thing that is certain. The Word of God. The Word of God will never be destroyed, it is eternal. Our God is the same yesterday today and...
Mar 31, 2020 | Hope and Encouragement, Overcoming fear
My fearful thought: “ I keep thinking I’m going to get this virus and die, or that someone in my family is going to get it and die. I want to stop thinking these fearful thoughts, God!” Holy Spirit speaking to my heart: “Remember, ‘Perfect Love casts out...
Feb 12, 2020 | Overcoming fear
“We’re going to give you some ‘sleepy’ medicine and you won’t remember a thing”, the doctor said confidently to my 15 year old son who recently broke his arm in 2 places and fractured a bone in his wrist. “I do this hundreds of times a week, and I can tell you that...
Dec 30, 2019 | Hope and Encouragement, Overcoming fear
As we reflect upon 2019 and all that has transpired in our world and in our nation— and even among those who ‘profess’ to be Christians, it is apparent to anyone with discernment that evil is increasing (2 Timothy 3:13). Along with ‘an increase in knowledge’ and ‘an...
Nov 15, 2019 | Godly Living, Overcoming fear
When I was being raised in my home of origin, and when I raised my children, whining or grumbling was an ‘intolerable’ behavior. As my children can attest, if they complained, I’d often say to them, “You could be on a cattle car on the way to Auschwitz.”...
Nov 1, 2019 | Overcoming fear, Parenting
There’s an epidemic of high school, college students, and young adults who’re struggling with anxiety. What makes them so anxious? What is it they lack? Perhaps there’s a correlation between their anxiety and the epidemic of parents who’re unwilling to...
Oct 18, 2019 | Hope and Encouragement, Overcoming fear
I had run into a lovely lady several times in the hallways of our church whose radiant smile and sweet countenance exudes the love of Jesus. I remember thinking, “I’d love to get to know her better!’ During one of our very brief ‘hall visits’ we’d discovered that we...
Sep 27, 2019 | Godly Living, Overcoming fear
I recently have found myself in a situation that can cause me to have fear and experience a certain level of anxiety. I know that this type of worry is not pleasing to God. When I begin to feel the fear rising, or I’m tempted not to even put myself in this...
