A Closer Walk: In My Suffering Just Give Me Jesus
The God-given-value of suffering is not a very popular subject, is it? I remember once, when I was the editor of the newsletter for my church’s Women’s Ministry, I submitted…
Tag: sorrow
A Closer Walk: Redeeming Lamentations and Grief
I have tread the stony paths of grief more than once in my life. Can I confess, again? I never saw any redeeming value in these paths until very recently.…
Challenge of Jesus In A World of Brokenness
“What we are faced with in our culture is the post-Christian version of the doctrine of original sin: all human endeavor is radically flawed, and the journalists who take delight…
A Closer Walk: Overcoming Dark Storms of Doubt
I was stunned at the size of the doubt-storms that were rolling across the landscape of my life. Suddenly I was being engulfed by dark clouds of questioning God, myself,…
In Conquering The Waiting We Become
I do not believe you can become great at something without conquering the waiting, where patience, perseverance, and above all, endurance are formed. Mastering those essential character elements takes TIME.…
Seasons
~~~ Father—Creation that you’ve made! Spring’s sweet buds, and Summer’s glade; Pumpkin’s orange in Fall’s bright pallet, Forest’s sleep ‘neath Winter’s mallet… ~~~ Your seasons teach me lessons stern; Lessons…
Ashes
As I sit here, from Heaven’s view Watching you weep among the ashes? I wish you could see, what I see The other life that crashes ~~~ Don’t think that…
Cemetery Prayers
God? I am haunting my ruins again. Wandering past the old gravestones of long dead hopes and dreams. Lord? Why do I do it? Why do I keep coming back…
Women With Destiny 