… Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” John 4:28-29 NIV I’ve recently been spending time in the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. This passage is filled with lesson after lesson, and each time I read it I find something new. This time when I read the story, however, I didn’t stop at verse 26 when Jesus told her that he was the promised Messiah. ...
Psalm 51 is one of my favorite scriptures. In it, David, who is described as “a man after God’s own heart” in 1st Samuel 13:14, has just been chastised by the prophet Nathan for his sin with Bathsheba. David pours his heart out to God, lamenting his great transgressions. He confesses his sins and begs God to cleanse him with hyssop, so he will be whiter than snow. He implores God to create a clean heart within him and entreats him not to cast him away. He asks to be restored to the joy of salvation, ...
Most of my Christian walk was spent wondering why I didn't experience this "joy" that everyone seemed to talk about feeling. I went to church every Sunday, I was on worship team; I kept myself very busy serving in various ways. Often, I would look around at the smiling faces and wonder why I felt so disconnected. I am certainly not saying I was always "joyless", but deep down I think I felt that I should keep my eyes down and tread carefully...I was damaged goods. ...
I seems it was only a few minutes ago I was trying not to stress out about my husband’s open heart surgery. God was good to me and helped me to release most of my anxiety to Him, and allowed us enjoy such sweet fellowship as we waited together-Cliff, Jesus and me. The surgery took place on Monday, October 11th and all went well. The doctors were kind enough to update me throughout the 5 hours surgery, which helped alleviate much of my worry. It is now 3 days past the procedure and ...
I apologize for being away from this blog for so long. Life has been busy. Absolutely great and wonderful, but busy. More on that later. Today I want to write a little on second chances. As I mentioned in my very first blog, my husband of 38+ years and I have always enjoyed singing together. He has a beautiful tenor/baritone voice and I have a passable voice, with a pretty wide range. We have delighted in making music together, either singing to accompaniment tapes or CDs, or more ...
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