Uncovering Life's Treasures
Beloved, In all of your getting, get some rest. Mental rest. You jeopardize your goal and impact without it. “Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he (Jesus) said to them (the apostles), “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and…
“I never thought I would live to see the day.” Lately, in our country’s present and not-so-distant past, I find myself repeatedly saying these words. One tragedy after another, one heinous statement after another, one injustice after another, leaves me wounded in these United States of America. Most look to some form of respected leadership…
When I was a little girl, I was stung in the head by a bee. It occurred on the day my mother designated as ‘hair washing day.’ My ponytails were undone, my once neatly sectioned parts were untidy, and I was pleasantly free from prim and proper to comfortably carefree. I was playing outside, with…
Imagine this. You enter a tattered room scattered with lifeless people. The stench of death is overwhelming and persistent. But so is the pressing of an undeniable force. What is this thing that is trying so desperately to disrupt the circumstance of this room? It’s so vast, you can’t get around it. It’s a sensation…
‘It’ came out of nowhere and disrupted your plans. You perceived ‘it’ to be disastrous and described it as horrendous, then suddenly recognized ‘it’ came from God’s hand. Your rush of selfishness almost prevented you from experiencing the move of God miraculously and unexpectedly. The pivotal light bulb moment came when you stopped your complaining,…