One of the most basic questions of life is, “Why am I here?” Finding your purpose in God will answer that question. Every person in the world is on a journey. No one is here by accident or coincidence. Everyone has a reason for being alive at this point in time. The question is, “What…
Throughout Proverbs God urges us to seek wise counsel and instruction. He tells us that the wise man seeks the counsel of many and that only the fool, the scorner, the wicked refuse wise counsel. Proverbs 12:15 tells us… The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel…
Instead of confronting her and being honest with her, I let the friendship die. I wish so much that I had…
I remember sitting in a high school class one day, looking at my teacher, and wondering, “What could possibly possess a person to become a teacher! Why would anyone voluntarily commit themselves to be in school again once they had finally graduated…and escaped?” I mean, she looked like a reasonable, rational person. My next thought…
When my daughter, Taylor, was in the fourth grade, her class went on a field trip to Desoto Caverns. My husband and I went as chaperones, so our youngest daughter, Mallory, also got in on the fun. We all have some great and some borderline traumatic memories from the experience. The not so pleasant memories…
At times I’ve been sure that I was in God’s will doing what He had for me. But then things would change. And I’d
Have you ever been falsely accused? I have. And it is hurtful and frustrating. In Psalms 7 David shows us how to respond well…
Years ago, I was teaching a Bible study on the role of the wife in a marriage. We spent a good while discussing God’s command that a wife submit to her husband. One of the ladies teasingly asked, “Do I have to submit to him ALL the time?” Without conscious thought, my immediate response was…
Sometimes as I read the Bible, I think about how strange some of God’s commands seem to be. They just do not make sense. For example, when we studied Genesis, we read that God commanded Abraham to kill his son that God had given him in such a miraculous way! In our study of Hosea,…
Ever since I first gave my life to the Lord and received His forgiveness for my sins at 13 years old, I have wanted to serve Him, to please Him. I haven’t always done so, but I’ve wanted to. It has been my deepest desire for many, many years now to fulfill God’s plan for…