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Tips to Help You Overcome Holiday Stress and Anxiety
Stress and anxiety mounted as she fluttered around the room. An exasperated sigh escaped her lips, and she pounded the dough with the heels of her hands. Finally, the woman said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell...
When Suffering Doesn’t Make Sense and Prayers Go Unanswered
I grimace at the deep gash above the young woman's eye. It stands out angry in dark shades of green and purple against pale skin and her mother chokes on emotion as she pulls back the curtain on her soul. "I know He could make things right for her, but He doesn't. I...
The lion roared in Texas, but there is One who is greater
Throwbacks to an era of the past, small towns exemplify life's experiences in microcosm. Simple stick-built homes of varied colors stand testimony to the men, women and children whose families have forged a living from blue-collar industry or the fragility of seed and...
Rediscovering the Word
Words won't flow. They don't drip or even trickle from the tired edges of my mind. Wearily, I press on--searching for the right words, a creative phrase. Nothing. I decide to turn to the Word and rediscover Him. The Word woos me with covenant love. Promises of peace....
Hope is Real
Healing cannot go any deeper than life reborn and that is what the Life-Giving God shouts out—to you and me.
It Only Takes a Moment
The base of the purple-tipped mountains blurred softly along the undulating edge of the rising fog like the folds of a heavy curtain lifting ever so slowly to reveal the hardscape of Nature's beauty. It was only a glimpse. An impression captured on the way to work...
Come to Him–You’re Invited
I just keep saying I’m fine, but I’m not. This is a ‘will get worse’ as time goes by. Her heart spilled across the page, its pieces shattered in bits—bleeding hopelessness against the white of the paper. When suffering settles in, an unwanted companion, and makes...
