"Relish" is the right word... isn't it, Lord? In one sense, a relish is something we put on food to add flavor. In another sense, relish means to enjoy greatly. Both meanings fit You, Lord... like a glove!!! "Taste and see that the Lord is good." (Psalm 34:8) "Command those who are rich in this...
She had on the exact same dress I was wearing! Well... not the exact one. You know what I mean, Lord! :) I noticed it the moment I entered the hotel lobby. I was attending an event 33 miles from home with about 50 other women. She was one of them, although I had...
Oh, Abba... Is this a "hot button" for almost everyone on the planet? Rejection from those we like and/or love... and even those we hardly know? Maybe not feeling or anticipating rejection around every corner. But feeliing (and fearing) it enough that we are tempted to avoid certain people and certain kinds of activities... maybe even for decades? Today, You...
Our vegetable garden looks like a war zone. Except the "troops" that moved through it were of the four-legged kind. Bears, no doubt. The fencing is mangled, crushed out of shape. Our sweet, Silver Queen corn? Totally gone. The stalks are all smashed flat to the ground. The ears? Stuffed into one or more bear...
My friend was (is?) struggling today. She is facing the floodwaters of her own Jordan River, blocking the way into her Promised Land. She is feeling the pressure of her back against the Red Sea with the enemy bearing down on her. What is the way out? What is the way through? She is in that thrilling and...
How I long for that day, Lord -- that day that will be unlike any other! "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes....
I have been a Messenger before and have had to "dodge" a "bullet" or two. :) So I can certainly relate to that expression, "Don't Shoot the Messenger!" But I always thought it meant something different, Lord. I always thought it was a plea for mercy on behalf of a messenger of bad news. The messenger...
That's the beauty of a platform... isn't it, Lord? Whatever is said is heard be a lot of people. I guess that's why You gave Your people the following command: "What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs." (Matthew 10:27) Pro golfer...
More and more, the world seems to be turning upside-down, Lord. Long ago, Doubting Thomas said he wouldn't believe You had risen from the dead. Not until he saw for himself the wounds in Your wrists and side. You were so kind to him, Lord. You came to him and encouraged him to touch your...
Oh, Abba... I see enough of the nightly news to know there's been a change in the overall atmosphere. I sense it in our own country and around the world, too... for many different reasons. And I'm wondering what You want me to do about it. Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, defined a...
