Dear One, I’ve been watching you. Your hard work hasn’t gone unnoticed. I see the way you meet the needs of your family and friends–serving from dawn till dusk without complaint. You search out opportunities to be My hands. I’ve been listening...
Are you going through that desert place? Have burdens and doubts buried you like the blowing sands of a windstorm? Maybe it’s your marriage. You feel like a woman wasting away…starved for affection, attention, acceptance. Or, the dreams for your children...
The arid prairie stretches to the horizon–it’s tanned face lined and creased–pulling away from itself because of the summer heat. And I’m reminded of my grandfather’s face. A farmer accustomed to toiling in the heat of the day, he was a...
Strains of praise music filled the sanctuary while God’s people raised their voices in adulation and reverence. Yet I stood–motionless, unmoved, and angry. Lord, help my unbelief. I can’t see your plan in his pain…his struggle…his...
We encounter them everyday–people who need. “How are you?” we ask breezily–moving on without waiting for the answer hidden behind the flippant response, “Okay. I’m fine.” But, the young mother who just walked...
