Welcome to Whimsical Wednesday, our weekly blogger linkup party! Thanks for linking up your encouraging posts of all kinds! Have you ever been criticized for anything? If you answered “no,” then I need your secret! Or could it be that if we never encountered criticism, it means we had never…
Yesterday on the Facebook page, we took prayer requests. One of our precious readers, Joeann, lost her husband two years ago and she is feeling so lonely. There have been times in my life when I felt deep feelings of loneliness and my heart aches for Joeann. I was thinking…
A Prayer for When You Feel Exhausted Dear Father, On days like today when I feel exhausted I feel like I can’t even pray. And I don’t mean to complain. Because there are so many who are less blessed than I am. The time comes when a person easily recognizes That…
Earlier this year in the spring when I spoke at the [email protected] Conference in Kokomo, IN, I shared the prayer model and guide that I use to teach prayer journaling. A short while after the conference, the chat prayer model bookmark was made available and our readers fell in love…
There’s nothing like that look of disapproval from someone across the room to make your knees shake and your lip quiver. Or maybe there’s no look of disapproval, but you expect one at every corner because your confidence is lacking and your insecurity soaring. After preparing 10 Bible Verses for…
A Prayer For When I Can’t Understand God’s Plan Dear Father, Today was one of those days- You know the ones. When life just doesn’t make sense. When the world seems so unfair. Because it is unfair. We need you, Lord. I need you. I need you to wrap…
I know, I know. The Bible tells us not to worry. Jesus doesn’t want us to worry. Our families don’t like it when we worry. Yet, women.worry. We can conclude it is part of our nature…we can verify that some of us belong in the official Worry Wart Fan club…
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…
The fabulous Scripture tea post is still kicking from yesterday as part of Karen Ehman’s Vintage Week. How fun to participate and if you’ve missed out, my giveaway is going to be open through Monday, Sept. 2nd, so be sure to check out everything going on at Karen’s and…
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, it’s a hard place to be. Overwhelm is an emotion that renders us helpless and threatens to render us defeated. I’ve found the best thing to do when I start feeling overwhelmed is to pray. When I allow prayer to boss around any smothering feelings, then…
Life can be so challenging. I don’t know if you’re going through divorce, discouragement, depression, distress or some other word that doesn’t start with D, but I know that feeling. It is threatening to make you throw in the towel and you’re doing your best to hold on. Let me…
We made it to Friday, Bible Challenge Readers! No matter where you are in the reading, take a minute to check in so we can encourage one another, would you? I personally have a little catching up to do, but just a few chapters. I can’t tell you how much…
