Service in 2026

God is faithful to give me a word and scripture for myself each year. Last year, I learned more deeply about His Fatherhood and being His chosen child. This year, the word is service, but it is couched in my Continue reading Service in 2026

Father-Daughter Relationship Deepens

Happy New Year! 2 Corinthians 6:18 …I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”  The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing Continue reading Father-Daughter Relationship Deepens

Beloved

I believe God is saying to me that I need to see the word “beloved,” especially in the New Testament, in a new way. Perhaps others need to see it too. Ecclesiastes 3:11 says in part: He has also planted eternity [a Continue reading Beloved

Father’s plan for service

My heavenly Father continues to confirm greater depth in our relationship, His purpose for my life in this season includes a plan for service. I walk again in the calling He instructed me to start in the first two years Continue reading Father’s plan for service

Remnants of the past swept away

A new devotional I purchased has illuminated issues that God wants to make in my relationship with Him as Father. Mark Medley’s “Trinity Trilogy” revealed some of the remnants of problem perspectives in my view of God the Father. (See Continue reading Remnants of the past swept away

I AM, your Father

Each year, I ask God for a word or phrase for spiritual focus. This year, it is “I AM, your Father.” I believe God wants to deepen my relationship with Him as my Father. My memories of fathers are mixed. Continue reading I AM, your Father

Valley of Trouble or Hope?

Hosea 2:14-15 “So I am going to attract her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her. There I will give her back her vineyards, and I will make the Valley of Trouble a door of Continue reading Valley of Trouble or Hope?

Linking Grace and Forgiveness

Grace, the mysterious attribute of God that astonishes us all linking grace and forgiveness. As humans, we are made in His likeness, but the depth and breadth of who He is out of the bounds of our understanding. Especially grace. Continue reading Linking Grace and Forgiveness

Contentment Lesson

  As I wrote in January, this year my lesson is about contentment. It has been challenging to my natural personality once again. My walk with the Lord since 1978 has been about becoming more like Him and God is Continue reading Contentment Lesson

Perseverance in Challenge

Elizabeth II of Great Britain died last week. Her passing has evoked remembrances of my mother. They were only two years apart at birth, but there were similarities in their characters that speak to my current life challenges. The examples Continue reading Perseverance in Challenge