Family and friends
Years ago, when I got married, I unintentionally let my friendships suffer. While it was not intentional, I thought being married meant I needed to spend all my non-working time with my spouse. I did not do a good job of maintaining my close friendships and family relationships. When my marriage started suffering, I felt […]
The Shunammite Woman
A few days ago, I was impressed to re share the story I had originally posted on the widow’s oil because I had re read 2 Kings 4. The continuation of that particular chapter tells of the story of the Shunammite’s son being restored to life. The Shunammite woman was described as a ‘well-to-do woman’. […]
Are you limiting God?
This post was first shared around June 20th, but it’s been on my mind all morning as I read the story of the widow’s oil in my devotion this morning. I think someone, including me, needs this reminder. Are you limiting God? I recently heard a story of a man who went fishing. […]
Do you feel lost?
Have you ever felt lost? Once again, I was half watching cartoons with my daughter as I got ready. Parents, please pay attention to the programs your children are watching, there might be subtle and not so subtle things in there, but I digress. This particular one was the family was going to the mall. […]
What is your talent?
I’ve mentioned before that I love watching cartoons with my daughter. This morning, as she woke up much earlier than needed, and I still had my routine to follow, I allowed her to watch one of her programs. One of the main characters was in charge of putting together a talent show. He had to […]
My plans vs. God’s plans
I’m a planner by nature. I plan out all the things I intend to do, usually days or weeks in advance. I had made all my plans for what I needed to do this particular Saturday, and there were a lot of items on the to do list. Some of them routine, some out of […]
God prepares us
Don’t you just love when God gives you a hint of what’s to come? I’m finding that the Holy Spirit does that through passages of scripture that I come across. My most recent experience was with providing guidance to me, before the situation even arose. A few days ago, I had a dream about a […]
Love
Yesterday the world celebrated love for Valentine’s Day. I knew what I had to look forward to from the day before, a hand made card from my 4 year old, but because of her excitement and enthusiasm as she told me of her card just for me, her happiness rubbed off on me. I was […]
Pray Anyway!
My daughter has learned in her sabbath school class: ‘pray when you wake up in the morning; pray in everything you do; pray when you are going to eat; pray when you are going to sleep. Many times, I don’t think I am good at helping her to pray at these times. And although we […]
God’s promises
My mom will be leading out Sabbath School this weekend and she shared with me that her topic will be ‘God’s promises’. For me, it seems as if we are surrounded by God’s promises and all we need to do is look and listen for what they are. I offered to write something for her, […]