Making time for God in your life
It shouldn’t be a hard thing to remember. It’s a simple but powerful spiritual tool. But with the time constraints with working, I seem to have let go of the concept of fasting. I learned it as a young believer Continue reading How could I forget?
I’m cold and I don’t like it. I’m asking God tonight to keep the clouds over Southeast Texas so the temperature doesn’t drop a low as is predicted, somewhere around 20 degrees. I know that my friends up north are Continue reading It’s too cold for me
Each New Year’s Day, I ask God for a scripture that captures what He wants to teach me during the coming year. He has not failed to give me direction for more years than I remember. I finally started printing Continue reading Wrestling with God for 2014
We want to finish 2013 strong at our church and encouragement flowed from the pulpit this weekend to do just that. Our speaker gave us four steps to finish strong and I have started today. The first step is reflecting Continue reading Remember and rejoice!
I’m sitting here at my computer telling God that I have nothing to write about. I committed to posting twice a week when I started this blog and was telling my son yesterday that I always have something to share Continue reading What do You want me to write about?
I listened to a message this weekend from a godly woman who has been involved in ministry for many years. She challenged us to say ‘yes’ to God when He interrupts our plans. This blog is my ‘yes.’ I have Continue reading Saying ‘yes’ to God
My grandmother taught me to love flowers. She was my mother’s mother and an ardent gardener. She had a green thumb and loved her plants in the house as well as all those she cultivated outside in her garden. But Continue reading Flowers for free
I have to learn to not make important decisions after 10 p.m. unless absolutely necessary. Late one night last week, I saw an e-mail I thought was from a vendor I use and so I accessed their website. The next Continue reading Late-night decision goes wrong
I have a special Christmas tradition. As the holiday nears, I find it more difficult to focus on the reason for the season. I need reminders that God chose to come as a baby in order to eventually pay Continue reading The Other Wise Man
I am not used to this cold weather. I know it’s not cold to the rest of the country but lows in the 30s and highs in the 40s in Houston, especially with rain, are misery. I’ve been Houstonized. I Continue reading I’m shivering in Texas