OVERWHELMED BY MY BLESSINGS

It has the power to save our souls. James 1:21 It is our life. Deuteronomy 32:47  ; Psalm 119:37  ; Proverbs 4:4 It is Truth we can trus...

A lot of people talk about serving and giving to others “out of the overflow”,  speaking of the overflow of God’s presence and love. I’v...

So you're headed to your in-laws tomorrow.  Anxiety is already building, causing spats with your spouse and conflicts with your kids.  Y...

No, not my shirt, but I’ve done that before.  You know, half-asleep, or in the dark, you slip your shirt over your head, and it just doesn’t...

Last night I attended Converge – the first in a series of monthly meetings at the NW campus of Lifechurch.tv . on worship.  There were nea...

Ever find yourself measuring how much you are loved?  Maybe your measure is the number of people reading your blog. Maybe it’s the numbe...

What are you looking at? Your checkbook? Your health? Your disobedient children (or spouse)? Your fading hope in dreams that may nev...

Erin's bloodwork came back and it's still inconclusive.  No chicken pox antibodies showing up.  Her OB is sending her to a patholog...

"I think if I sat down with a psychologist and told him my thoughts, he'd say there is something really wrong with me". I'...

Last Thursday, Erin came over to show me her rash.  "Mom, I think I have chicken pox." Now, that's not a normal thing to hea...

I Sam 17:34  "...when a lion or bear comes" David conquered a lion and a bear before he ever met Goliath, before he was ever chose...

Read this in a very whiney frustrated voice:   I often find myself so dang weary from life.  Sometimes I just want to screw it all (can I sa...

Yesterday was one of those days when just enough hell broke loose to make me doubt just about everything I was doing.  No need for details. ...

Is. 43:2  When you go through deep waters,       I will be with you.    When you go through rivers of difficulty,       you will not drown...

The many passages that the Bible offers in way of lineage has often been boring and cumbersome for me,   until I started learning more about...

I’m not much on resolutions, but I love personal revelations. Those “a-ha” moments where a light bulb clicks on from a scripture you rea...

The feelings of unrest have already started.  There are thoughts of dread, a lack of peace and you’re already anticipating the worst.  Is t...

I know, O LORD, that a man's life is not his own;        it is not for man to direct his steps.  Jer. 10:23  I said: Let me wal...

There is a story of an old man who carried a small can of oil with him everywhere he went.  If he passed through a squeaky door, he ...

Originally written 12/18/07  at www.manymeadows.blogspot.com I’ve been thinking about Mary, mother of Jesus this week. Can you imagine t...