My heart is filled with thanksgiving for the blessings I see around me. God is doing great things in the lives of those who are listening to His call. When we launch out by faith life is never dull. At every turn we meet with joys and sorrows, challenges and victories. Jesus does give life, and life more abundantly. There is always something for us to be thankful for. The Bible tells us to give thanks for everything. I recently attended a ladies retreat and heard a qoute by Corrie Ten Boom expressing thanks to God for the flea infestation in the dormatory of the concentration camp she was held during the Holocaust.  She learned it kept theRead More →

What do you do when you are ridiculed?  Where do you run when your heart is full of shame?  How do you continue to love when your love is refused? David writes, “Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul?  They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: “ In this Psalm 69, David writes of Christ’s humiliation and rejection.  A very telling Psalm opening for us the heart of the Savior as He bore shame and ridicule during His last daysRead More →

Several years ago there was a movie entitled The Perfect Storm.  It was the true story of a time when several storm systems merged off the coast of Maine and Nova Scotia to form one perfect and powerful storm system.  A boat was caught in that storm and the story tells of their miraculous survival. I have been in my faith-walk with Jesus for some length of time now and I have experienced many different storms.  But now it appears the enemy has brought about the perfect storm in my life.  Several strong storm systems that have merged together in my life.  But God is good to meRead More →

Hide me in your secret place; let your strength become my fare, Entering deep within my soul, absorbing all my care.  Let me dwell in times of trouble, in the shadow of your wing, Safe in your protective arms, that, to you, my heart can sing.  For you’ve known each joy and sorrow, my desires and every thought, Each victory my life has known and all the battles I have fought.  When no man can know my trouble or the burdens that I bear, Hide me in your secret place, for I know I’ll meet you there.Read More →