Lumpy Writing

 “What sorrow awaits those who argue with their Creator. Does a clay pot argue with its maker? Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying, ‘Stop, you’re doing it wrong!’ Does the pot exclaim, ‘How clumsy can you be?’ Isaiah 45:9 NLT Her fingers quiver as she types the web address. One [...]

Words of Power

With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. James 3:9-10 Words are powerful. Like a bit or a rudder, they can turn large objects by one small uttering, one small sentence. As [...]

Audience of One

I am worn out from groaning; all night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes. Away from me all who do evil, for the Lord has heard my weeping. The Lord has heard my cry for [...]

Team Hope

“God doesn’t miss anything. He knows perfectly well all the love you’ve shown him by helping needy Christians, and that you keep at it. And now I want each of you to extend that same intensity toward a full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish. Don’t drag your feet. Be like those who [...]

Poured Out Love

ShoShone Falls located in Idaho towers thirty-six feet higher than Niagara Falls, and the sight is amazing. The water flows around a bend in the river, rushes and cascades over several layers of huge, jagged rocks, and drops 212 feet. A spray rises into the sky and at the bottom is a beautiful rainbow. Standing [...]

Vision Trouble

On the way to work one day I kept thinking, ‘My right eye seems blurry. I must have my contact lens in upside down.” When I arrived at school, I went straight to the restroom and discovered that there is actually no lens in my right eye! I don’t know how I managed that! It [...]

Whose Point of View

Psalm 37:30 – The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just. The greatest jolt for a reader is to be absorbed into a story, sensing the urgency of the dangers, feeling the onset of emotions, being carried away by the events, when all of a sudden, the story [...]

Put me in, Coach!

 The steps of the righteous are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way. ~Psalm 37:23 I am the poster child for Writer…Interrupted. At my house “quiet moment” is an oxymoron. That said, I never seem to get enough done, whether it’s praying, cleaning, writing, or anything I put on my to-do list. [...]

Questions Without Answers

One of my favorite books in the Bible is the book of Job. Poor Job. He loses everything very tragically except his wife who only discourages him and tells him to “curse God and die.” Thanks, Babe. Thanks for nothing. Something that strikes me about the account is Job’s honesty and bluntness with God. He [...]

Beyond Conformity

Colossians 3:23 – Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. (NIV) I spent countless hours searching for a senior quote for the yearbook. Not wanting to err on such important words that would be published next to my name and be a reflection of [...]

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