My daughter, my delight, you don’t need to compare yourself to one single person. There is a wedding coming, a wedding where you are dressed completely, by my love. You are surrounded by my love. You walk deeper in my love.
This day is not ordinary. This day may be one of quiet or chaos, challenge or rest. But no moment is ordinary. It may be familiar. It may be predictable. It may make you frustrated and angry, discouraged and sad. It may be one where you see hope, hope all around. It may be the […]
I love beginnings. I love surprises. I love hope. I love family. I love children. I love my children. I love the stories of my family, all my children, and how each moment is another day of beginning. It is another birth, another white page. And in the beginning there was no color, and I added color. […]
We all know the story of the wise men that brought Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. I never truly understood the meaning behind each of these gifts. This devotional really helped me to understand why they chose these specific things to give Jesus and the significance behind each one. I hope it helps […]
We all know the story of the wise men that brought Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. I never truly understood the meaning behind each of these gifts. This devotional really helped me to understand why they chose these specific things to give Jesus and the significance behind each one. I hope it helps […]
We all know the story of the wise men that brought Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. I never truly understood the meaning behind each of these gifts. This devotional really helped me to understand why they chose these specific things to give Jesus and the significance behind each one. I hope it helps […]
DAY 3 Sometimes it is all just too much. War. Poverty. Violence. Injustice. The unending stream of news pours in from social media and TV and radio stations. Something is terribly wrong with our world. This is not how it should be. And yet we find ourselves powerless in the face of it. Yes, we […]
DAY 4 Silence is uncomfortable for most of us. On a train or airplane, when things get quiet, we get fidgety. We tend to fill the space with digital noise—by glancing down at our phones or devices to add more stimuli to the moment. But these distractions can keep us from acknowledging the ache deep […]
God has an outside voice, and He’s not afraid to use it. But when God wants to be heard, when what He has to say is too important to miss, He often speaks in a whisper just above the absolute threshold of hearing. My dictionary defines whisper as “speaking very softly using one’s breath without one’s vocal […]
Mark Heather’s parents split up when he was a child and he was brought up by his alcoholic mother who beat him. When he was fourteen years old, he stood up to her and said he would not accept the beatings any more. The next day she committed suicide. From that moment, he was placed […]
