by Mindi Jo Furby Identity. A basic yet crucial aspect of life. Billions of dollars are spent every year appealing to our identities ~ from paying therapists to figure out who we are to paying doctors to transform unappealing body parts. Some of us live our entire lives in an identity crisis. We’re always striving […]
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By Penny Jackson It is real, this pain I feel, My strength is almost gone; I hear a voice, oh so still, Gently guiding me along. As I reach out for the Father’s touch, My heart longing for His love, I can sense the warmth of His embrace, Surrounding me from up above. As time […]
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by Rae Lloyd I cried out for you when you took that pill perhaps just to self medicate and you didn’t really want to, but you couldn’t stop. I knew there was an inner healing for you, but you thought you could not get there yet. I cried out for you when you lived a […]
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by Rebekah Cook A few months ago I had a lesson. It was a life lesson. It was a pottery lesson. The potter I was learning from teaches sculpting. He taught me how to make a clay vase and then a bowl, using fine quality clay, a wheel, and a few small tools. He patiently […]
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by Rae Lloyd I love to stroll through graveyards and read epitaphs, especially the really old ones. When you think about it, what is said on that tombstone is probably all you’ll ever know about that person. It seems through that one-line statement or even the length of time from birth to death, for a […]
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By Shenay Shumake I was five years old when I fell in love with Christmas. It was the first time I can recall ever watching A Charlie Brown Christmas. I sat cross legged in my living room, cotton flannel nightgown and head turned sideways staring at the big screen in front of me. I was […]
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"I will hope in Your name, for Your name is good." (Psalm 52:9)
The words in this song stay with me: "Sometimes, I don't know what You're doing, but I know who You are."
When we can't understand the reasons, we choose to trust His love and His goodness, His wisdom and His grace. We choose to trust Him.
One of my favorite scriptures to remember when I am in need of hope is from Isaiah 40, when Isaiah says that God 'tends His flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart.'
The other day I asked my daughter what she thought of God and she said 'He is our great holder.'
I think it's one of the best descriptions of the Father that I've ever heard. He is my Great Holder.
I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
~Isaiah 46:4
Trusting in Him,
Christie