40 of the Best Verses to Memorize

40 of the Best Verses to Memorize Although 2020 isn’t continuing like I had planned. And let’s be honest. Maybe nothing you had planned is playing out as you might have foreseen. Life is like that, isn’t it? The constant change, cancelling, the unknown, the fear, and the hype isn’t new. When have we, as humans, had a worry-free life? It just seems with the news we all are worried about the same thing now. We gather together now and…

How to Know God Through the Psalms 

How to Know God Through the Psalms  Do you know him?  Who, I asked?  President Bush, she replied.  I giggled. We were on a mission’s trip to another country. A native asked me if I knew our president. She figured since I was an American I knew him. To her disappointment, I didn’t know the president the way she was implying.  Our pastor was talking a few weeks ago about knowing God. Not just the head knowledge, but the heart…

Five Psalms of Security

Five Psalms of Security In the darkest of nights I laid on my bed and wondered. I sought to see if God would abandon me. Would I lose it? This salvation I had held onto since the age of eight, would it disappear in the cloud of sin, disappointment, and doubt surrounding me tonight? With the doubts, could He forgive my unbelief? Because of the sin, am I too unclean?  The deepness of the depression felt too far, too dark,…

One Way to Lift Your Loneliness

One Way to Lift Your Loneliness Surely I was the only mom who felt this way. My husband had to practically push me into the shower to wash up. “We are going out for dinner.” He told me after arriving home to see me a teary mess. Our newborn son lay in his crib, finally asleep after hours of crying. Being a new mom, I didn’t want to leave him but I also wanted to run away. The crying was…