All the guests are in their assigned seats for the reception meal. You check your placement on the reservation sheet. Your name appears with the number of the table you’re looking at. But there is no chair for you to sit in. All the seats are occupied. No one budges. No one looks up to […]
Mama gently placed her hand on my nervously moving leg, as if to say without words, “Calm down.” She didn’t need to say anything; she didn’t even make eye contact with me. She simply touched me with that mama touch. I’m one of those who has mistakenly lived many years with the belief that “busy […]
God heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds. Psalm 147:3 CEB If your heart is broken, you’ll find God right there;if you’re kicked in the gut, he’ll help you catch your breath. Psalm 34:18 The Message How do you respond when someone shares the pain and hurt that comes out of their journey with grief? In less […]
I heard a teacher of the Word, Phylicia Masonheimer, founder of “Every Woman a Theologian”, encourage women to develop the habit of ‘showing up before we feel like we need it.’ In other words, do the work of diligently seeking the Lord before we are in the throes of life. Because that’s what we seem […]
How you wake up in the morning will largely determine how the rest of that day will unfold. If we rise with a bright outlook and a reason for living, there’s a good possibility that no matter how circumstances come rolling in, you’ll be able to stand just a little bit firmer on that ground. […]
Titus Two 