When you don’t know what to do – do the dishes. A friend shared that wisdom with me a decade ago and you will rarely find dishes in my sink. I had a new contact today from a missions group serving in a difficult US city. Every idea of service excites me because I know,…

Yesterday I had lunch with three friends, all widows. One has been a widow for 22 years. That is a long time to be alone when you chose a man who loves you but God calls him home. That might sound like an oversimplification but if God is sovereign, He gets credit for everything –…

In Psalm 115 David writes detailing the impotence of idols. It begins with the fact that our God does whatever He pleases. Idols have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see, ears but cannot hear, noses but cannot smell, hands but cannot feel, feet but cannot walk, and cannot make a sound with their…

There are people who are blessed by their name. Pamela means honey and I continue to work on being sweeter. I met a student at YWAM named Joy and her smile was infectious. What a beautiful person. I have been making frequent trips to the post office lately and am a sucker for the cards/stationary…

This is a line from a popular English tv show. Mary is comparing her deceased husband to her current husband, Henry. There is no lack of love but an understanding that some of us attack our lives with action. He is pragmatic and not a whimsical dreamer. “He must test himself (for endurance) from morning…

“And so we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.” 2 Pet 1:19 We need the right words – words that are sure and reliable. Those…

Recently I was touring an old Bible with small print. I’ve loved and used that Bible – but now I use larger print. Sometimes I will find a little scrap of paper with a Bible verse or, sometimes, money in a Bible. This Bible had a phone number and a name. To write something in…

I’ve had some serious sleep avoidance because of a silly prescription that I just finished. It has already been an especially busy week and I almost fell asleep on a friends couch mid-visit by 3 PM. At night I’m lying there for hours and my mind is doing the same thing your mind does on…

I’m sassy. The thought of surrender is full of friction. Days are full of resistance with forward and backwards steps, for instance, today. My goal is to serve the Lord abroad and locally. Each day I anticipate inspiration and it comes. I’m clearing space in my home and mind so that I can travel “lighter”….

Today Alec Baldwin was indicted for involuntary manslaughter. Hate matters because it matters to God who made provision in His law. What not to do is/was kill a person. If an animal died, due to your negligence, compensation was required. (Another suggestion that we stop dressing our dogs and/or state that all dogs go to…