A Prayer of Thanksgiving Dear Father, We humbly come before you with grateful hearts, Praising You with all our being, For we know that every good and perfect gift Comes from You- the One who never changes. We recognize those good things, both large and small, With which You’ve blessed…
Friday I stood in a place I really didn’t want to be. And as deep as the pain was for me, I can’t imagine how much deeper it was for my older sister, whose first grandson was ushered into heaven. If pain and sorrow could be gauged by numbers, I…
As I have read Psalm 107 the last few days as part of the Restore Me Bible reading plan, I’ve been praying to comprehend all that the passage conveys. I have a tendency to want to skip over repetitive portions of the Psalms, but I long for it to have…
When life is difficult and especially when loved ones enter heaven ahead of us, it’s hard to pray. Oh, I know. Grief shouldn’t put a halt on our faith; it shouldn’t keep us from praying. But sometimes we can’t find words to express the depths of our hearts. Sometimes the…
5 years ago, I wrote a prayer for America. My heart was torn and I felt so desperate for my country as I wrote the prayer. The feeling hasn’t changed because we still need God’s love to reign in our country. Some would say now more than ever. In thinking…
I can hardly bear to see the images and videos of the aftermath. I felt the words to a prayer in the storm. Last week Hurricane Harvey ravaged Houston, TX and the destruction is still being discovered. I can’t wrap my head around what it must have been like…
Like me, you may  have heard many sermons on prayer and the answers to prayers. I’ve analyzed my own prayers and pondered the answer many times over. Will it be “yes?” What if it is “no?” And what if I’m in the “not now” category?  While much Scripture can be…
What would happen if you wrote a love letter to God each day for a month? This was the question in my head and on my heart several weeks ago. I can hardly believe that today is the last day of the True Love Bible reading challenge. In this month’s…
Last month I was challenged with the idea of writing a love letter to God. I’m not sure what prompted the thought, but it didn’t go away easily. Pretty soon I was pondering what I would write. And I also pondered: Why would you want to write a love letter to…
The power of prayer is something in which I strongly believe. God has answered so many of my prayers and the prayers of my husband and family that I can’t help but believe in the power of prayer. But honestly, I can get a little distracted with my own thoughts…
God has been speaking to my heart about spending time with Him in my current stage of life. Usually when the Holy Spirit is whispering to me about something, then I share it with you because I’ve found that if I’m dealing with an issue, often other folks are dealing with…
Praying at bedtime is a wonderful way to build a prayer routine that lasts for a lifetime. Â The quiet and still moments just before drifting off to sleep are a wonderful time of day for a child to remember the love of the heavenly Father and their earthly parents. But…
