We tried everything. Every kind of bait. Fresh shrimp. Pinfish. Artificials. Every kind of technique. Drifting around a point, carried by the current. Working the channel. Testing the mangrove edges. Freelining. Jigging. And we came up empty. Otherwise known as "skunked." Not a single bite. All day. Our big fishing trip, day before yesterday. Maybe...
I love how Your mind works, Lord. I don't always understand it... but I love it just the same. :) Like how You choose to arm us for battle. Because we're at war... whether we realize it or not. "Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring...
Three campfires have been blazing recently. In my own life and/or the lives of those I love. The first is a global campfire. Tens of thousands around the world gather every morning to listen to Your Word, Lord... and to pray for each other. Who would have ever imagined that technology -- a cell phone...
It was breathtaking, Lord! My view of our lake this morning! Technically, Your lake. :) But I am oh-so-grateful to see it outside of our house! It looked like a photograph. I could even see the leaves on trees, etched with crystal clarity in the still water. It reminded me of other mirrors, Lord....
"Do you swear to tell The Truth, the Whole Truth and nothing but The Truth... so help you, God?" "So help me, God." It's what witnesses swear whenever they take the stand in any courtroom. Where the stakes are significant. Where their testimony can lead others to a conclusion that can mean Conviction. Or not. Win or Lose....
When did the world get so upside down, Lord? So... all turned inside out? "When the woman saw...and ate...and also gave some to her husband... and he ate..." (Genesis 3:6) OK, so it started way back then. But is it my imagination, Lord... or is it actually getting worse? When did Right become Wrong? And Wrong...
Sometimes, Lord, You leave me speechless. Like when You weave a tapestry together -- a masterpiece -- with the words You give us to share with others who need words from You. With the words You send directly to each of us, in personal and powerful ways that need no intermediary. No one does this like You,...
There are times when I dance JOY-fully in radiant SON-light, Lord! When I think of how far You have brought me! From pits beneath valley floors. Sometimes, to mountain plateaus... to see with Your eyes. More frequently, through those valleys... with You by my side. Loving me. Encouraging me. Carrying me, when my own strength was gone....
Has it just been days since I stood up in my self-styled pit, Lord? It seems like so long ago that I finally said "Yes" to You, and began to climb up out of that pit. Up the mountain again. One step at a time. As weak as I was. As weak as I am. "Be...
"How beautiful you are, My darling! Oh, how beautiful!" (Song of Songs 1:15) This morning, rose up from sleep, Lord... physically, emotionally and spiritually. I listened to Your Word. You spoke it over me and into me. You prayed it over me and into me. "Father, I want those You have given Me to be...
