Friends It’s been a particularly cold winter here in North Carolina, the kind of winter that makes you want to cozy up to a warm fire. How about where you are? Are your fingers and toes chilly as you brave these wintry days? +++ “For I was hungry and you gave me something to … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Open or Closed?
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Monday Motivation: Rest
Friends Have you picked your one word for the new year? For those of you who have followed my blog for awhile, you are likely familiar with my one word challenge. Every year, I select one word for the year, one word to focus on, one to cling to, one word to foster my spiritual … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Rest
Monday Motivation: Identical
Friends When we lose loved ones, they are never really lost, because they live on in our memories. It’s been ten years since we lost my sweet Aunt Tina, yet I can still see her big brown eyes and her beautiful smile. I can hear the sweet melody of her gentle voice. Those things are … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Identical
Monday Motivation: Nothing Wasted
Friends A few weeks ago, my father was urgently hospitalized for issues related to his heart failure condition. Thankfully, I am grateful to report that he is back home and recovering well. While he was in the hospital, I had an interesting interaction that reminded me once again about how God works in mysterious and … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Nothing Wasted
Monday Motivation: Hidden Grace
Friends I am pondering grace this morning. God’s grace is always with us in the sunshine and the storms. +++ At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Hidden Grace
Monday Motivation: Entrust Revisited
Friends Sometimes I write these devotions and reflect on them for a few days before they flutter away, never to be considered again. Yet, there are a few of them that flow back to my mind time and time again. These messages stir up an emotion in me or bring forth an unexpected insight. These … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Entrust Revisited
Monday Motivation: Hidden Grace
Friends I am pondering grace this morning. God’s grace is always with us in the sunshine and the storms. +++ At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Hidden Grace
Faith Beyond Sight 