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A quiet place for weekly devotionals, honest stories, and Scripture-rooted encouragement for trusting God in everyday life.
Living with Yourself
Living with Yourself
What would that be like? Living with yourself? Are you nice? Sweet? Generous? Loving? Do you put others first before yourself? Serve the other person the larger piece of cake? Allow others into your life to bless them? Or are you a bit mean? Angry? Standoffish? Do you put yourself first, serving yourself the bigger... Read more...
Dwelling Forever with God
Dwelling Forever with God
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that I will seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. Psalm 27:4 There is only one thing that truly matters. Only one thing. To dwell in the house of the Lord forever. My days here on... Read more...
Inherit Value
Inherit Value
Not everyone likes you or will like you. I know that's not breaking news, but it's time to be reminded. When others don't like you, do you let their condemnation define you? Do you live within their definition of you? Do you crumble, becoming the embodiment of their definition of you? Or do you refuse... Read more...
Humility & Sacrifice
Humility & Sacrifice
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. Mark 10:45 Can you even imagine the love Jesus has for us? Love so deep He gave us all of Himself. He willingly came to earth, subjecting Himself to human life... Read more...
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday
Jesus is coming now. He's on his way to Jerusalem. The center of Judaism. His religious home on earth so to speak. He's coming to die for us. Willingly. He's literally walking towards his impending death. He knew. Yet He still came. Nobody dragged Him to the city. Nobody manipulated Him, tricking Him to actually... Read more...
Spilled Out
Spilled Out
The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. Luke 6:45 What spills out of you every day? Your moods from yesterday you simply cannot let go of yet? Your depression... Read more...
Which Self
Which Self
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practicers and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its Creator. Colossians 3:9-10 Have you put on your new self? The one God created you to live within? Entering... Read more...
Coasting Through Life
Coasting Through Life
Are you coasting through life? In it for the ride, surviving to live another day? Or are you living with purpose, making each day count? It's easy in our world, to stay in our lane, creating comfort at all costs. Unfortunately, those costs sometimes include relationships, serving others, or neglecting God's very plan for our... Read more...
Hannah's Submission
Hannah's Submission
There is none holy like the Lord; for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God. 1 Samuel 2:2 Hannah proclaimed these words from her lips as she gave up her child back to God. Her long-awaited child. The child who she longed to have. She had made a promise to... Read more...
Turn Your Eyes
Turn Your Eyes
Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Proverbs 4:25 Turn your eyes upon Jesus. What else in the world is there? What could possibly compare to Him? Look full in His wonderful face. Gaze your eyes. Stop everything else, and look. For the things of earth will grow strongly... Read more...
John 10:4
John 10:4
When He has brought out all His own, He goes before them, and the sheep follow Him, for they know His voice. John 10:4 When we place our lives into God's hands, He guides us. We trust Him and in return, He guides us step by step. Can be comforting when you realize Who is... Read more...
Warsaw Grit
Warsaw Grit
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 John 4:8 Recently finished a book one of my daughters gave me for Christmas. Love WW2 historical fiction as it draws me into a time where heroes multiply. Reading about Dr. Korczak, a teacher who ran his orphanage full of parentless... Read more...