Sometimes the simple songs are the most profound. Love Songs in Church I don’t remember learning, “Jesus Loves Me,” but it must have been in Sunday school because I learned it so young, I’ve been singing it “all my life.” Such sweet, precious truth. “Yes, Jesus loves me, Yes, Jesus loves me…the Bible tells me […]
The other day, I carefully parked my Yukon next to the cart return at the grocery store. As I stepped out, a little girl who was hanging out a car window in the next space over sang out to me, “Jesus loves you!” I laughed. “Yes, He does!” I replied. “And He loves you too.” […]
The Lord told me the funniest thing last week. In such a kind and compassionate way, He told me to, “Lighten up.” What? Really? Did I hear that right? Who me? I’m not worried… I know we’re not supposed to worry, and I put a lot of effort into not worrying, sometimes without much success, […]
Do you find yourself thinking you need to pray more? I do. And while we probably do need to set aside more time for concentrated prayer, these four things can improve our prayer life right now. 1. All Prayer Counts. Sometimes we feel like we’re not praying enough because we aren’t physically on our knees […]
My son texted me at 8:00 this morning and said, “Mom, this day stinks.” (Slightly edited version!) I told him it was a little early to “scrub” the whole day! What to do when the day starts out badly and then gets worse? 1. Realize you have the power to turn this day around. Maybe […]
The Sunday morning before last, I was starting to get quite the headache. We had finished worship practice and I found myself rubbing my neck and jaws because they were so tight and painful. I knew from experience that if those symptoms continued, I would wind up with a debilitating migraine. This was not an […]
I’ve been going through quite a season. There have been so many things I can’t talk about because they involve other people. In every concern of my heart, every area of my life, it seems, there have been serious situations causing me pain in some way. Thus, my long silence…what could I write about? All […]
I spoke at youth group this week to a great bunch of kids. We talked about change … the many changes life brings our way. Our youth pastor just resigned, so as a group, they are going through a big change right now. Individually, they are all going through the many changes teenagers experience. Plus, […]
Tiger Mom? Last month Amy Chua caused an uproar in the conversation of our country when her book, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” came out. The Wall Street Journal excerpted a part of the book on Jan. 8, 2011 (see article here) just before the book was published and people were talking about this […]
I’ve been thinking about prayer and reminding myself to pray about everything in my life, in my day. I’ve been saying to myself… PRAY about everything… Your home Your spouse Your kids Your job Your finances Pray ABOUT everything… Your self: body, soul and spirit Your hopes Your fears Your concerns Your worries Pray about […]