On the morning of March 25 I woke up earlier than I had in a few weeks. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean to sleep later than my alarm clock, but since the time change, getting up early has become harder and harder. So on this day I found in the kitchen at my desk while it was still dark outside. In the top right corner of one of the windows in front of me was a tiny spider. She was…
Since January I’ve been reading a Psalm a day. I’ve been doing other studies, and reading other passages as well, but I make sure if I don’t have time for deeper or a longer Bible study time I at least read one Psalm a day. If I skip a day, I read two the next day. It is now the end of April and I have to say this has been the easiest and the most rewarding Bible reading plan…
Down the street from our house is an empty lot. It wasn’t always empty. Once there stood a house. A family lived here. They fed the deer in our neighborhood, so we always saw our deer herd in their yard or on their porch. They had a red car and a brick house. One day, as we were driving by, we looked over and the house was gone. We knew the family had moved out a few weeks prior. We…
O God of all comfort, comfort my heart tonight. I wrote out the words to Ellie Holcomb’s song the other night and it was because I needed the words. I am a practical person. I like black and white. I’m not a “ride the fence” kind of girl. I am a let’s all play by the rules and I feel safe. I like to see the boundaries. I like to understand how things work and keep safe. But sometimes God…