Do you ever notice reflections of nature in water or in ponds or even your own reflection in a mirror? In the dictionary, the word reflection has a few meanings, but the one I am after is this one: an image given back by a reflecting surface. A few years ago when we moved, I … More REFLECTIONS
HERE WE ARE AGAIN…….In February. It is the month of love and hearts. As we think about hearts in general, let’s take stock of our own hearts to see if GOD has written upon them in such a way that our true heart’s desire is one of possession and not position. Are we really more … More A HEART OF POSSESSION VS. POSITION
A friend once advised me to: let it rest…….just let it be. When we are going through troubling circumstances, oh how our minds run away with the problem! Our thoughts consume us, turning over and over in our minds until we are exhausted mentally and sometimes physically. I like to call this: mind-labor. We labor … More LET IT REST
We hear much these days about heart health. But if we really observe our world and the hearts of people and their true heartbeat for whatever they believe in, our overall spiritual heart health is quite toxic. Oh how the LORD desires our hearts to fully embrace HIM! So let’s examine the condition of our … More DON’T HIDE YOUR HEART
If in our Christian walk, we walk out the very things JESUS wants us to, then we will know that what matters to HIM, will matter to us! PSALM 119: 10 “WITH MY WHOLE HEART I SEEK YOU; LET ME NOT WANDER FROM YOUR COMMANDMENTS.” May we not only read scripture and JESUS’S words to … More AS WITH OTHER MATTERS
Those of you who know me well know that my favorite shape is the shape of a heart. I have various heart shaped wooden cutouts around my house. They are a reminder to me, that my daily heart condition is a critical piece of my faith. JESUS said in Matthew 5:8: “Blessed are the pure … More WHY HEART PURITY IS IMPORTANT
Since Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, it got me thinking of all the matters of the heart. Matters of the “heart” are equated with matters of the soul, the will and the mind in scripture……. PROVERBS 4:23 “ABOVE ALL ELSE, GUARD YOUR HEART, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FLOWS FROM IT.” NIV And the ESV version says … More A GUARDED HEART, QUIET HEART
Isn’t it just like our GOD to give us something to…….behold. HE sends us sunrises and sunsets every day. How often we take them for granted! But truly there is only ONE to whom we should behold and that is our JESUS, our GOD, our protector and our redeemer. WHAT YOU BEHOLD IS WHAT YOU … More BEHOLD
As a Mom, my days were numbered……..what I mean by that is from the moment I held my sweet son in my arms, the days were numbered that he would grow up and leave the nest. And one day you turn around and your child turns 30, long on their way to their own life … More MY DAYS WERE NUMBERED
I don’t know about you, but lately my heart has just been broken and broken, over and over. The state of our world and the condition of our United States just overwhelms me, so much so, I have had to quit listening to news at all this week. And then there is the news of … More WHAT TO DO WITH THE BROKEN?
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