2026-04-23
Conversation without Words
We connected on a level where such words were not necessary. , Clear eye contact provided heart contact.
Read more..Thoughts By Marilyn Ehle
2026-04-21
No Services
As we travel down the roads of our lives, we are faced with choices similar to those facing drivers on U.S highways
Read more..2026-04-19
God’s Replacement Policy
“If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. The old has gone, the new is here!”
Read more..2026-04-09
Locked Doors
I lock my doors sometimes too. Emotional doors because I fear hurt or rejection. Intellectual doors because I’m unsure what deep study will uncover. Spiritual doors because I wonder if giving my all will truly mean giving my all.
Read more..2026-04-04
Sacred Saturday
It’s not always easy to go about the daily rituals when the heart is heavy, Lord, but I thank you for the balm those rituals bring to sorrowing souls. Thank you for being a God of the daily. I love you.
Read more..2026-03-30
Swimming to the Savior
Lord, Help me know when you call from the shore, then give me courage to plunge in and swim toward you
Read more..2026-03-29
The Sad Path to Easter
Let me encourage you to not avoid the pain of walking with Jesus through the days between Palm Sunday and Easter.
Read more..2026-03-22
Making Progress
Prayer: Father, thank you for providing everything we need to grow spiritually. Forgive us for too often being satisfied with the status quo, or measuring ourselves by others.
Read more..2026-03-17
Family Resemblance
"my friend, Anne, spends much time in the Word, seeking to always obey what the Holy Spirit reveals. She devotes herself to life-changing ...
Read more..2026-03-14
Spring Cleaning
As the calendar marches to spring and warmer weather, there is that inbuilt (and easily ignored!) urge to wash windows, dust hard-to-reach shelves, reorganize closets, etc.
Read more..2026-02-25
Sunny Today, Snow Tomorrow
Life is undependable and uncertain. The Son of God provides the sun of His love in the midst of our uncertain todays and tomorrows.
Read more..2026-02-22
How to Find Friends
Move out of your comfort zone. We must not use our personalities as an excuse for lack of involvement.
Read more..2026-02-21
God’s Power to Change
Father, how often I hang on to my sadness or disappointment or grief instead of handing everything over to you
Read more..2026-02-17
The End of the Story
Knowing the end of the story should have a profound effect on us as we go through the realities of life
Read more..2026-02-15
February 15th Love
February 15th Love - Thank you, Father, that your love doesn’t depend on my worth or my reactions, that you loved me from before the beginning of time, that your love can fill all the empty spaces of my heart.
Read more..2026-01-27
Dreaming Big
So many meanings to the word dream: to think, imagine, have ideas. f all people, followers of God should dream big because God is the reason for our dreaming.
Read more..2026-01-23
What’s Under the Snow?
“Though your sins are like scarlet,? I will make them as white as snow…”
Read more..2026-01-12
Flowers in the Snow
And then slowly, but very surely, the warmth of God’s love begins to melt the cold realities threatening to overwhelm.
Read more..2026-01-11
Belonging
Psychologists and doctors say a sense of belonging is a basic human need, just like food and shelter. Feeling that we belong is important in seeing value in our lives.
Read more..2026-01-08
The Long Life of Words
The Long Life of Words. "The words I speak are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me." John 14:10
Read more..2026-01-02
New Isn’t Always Comfortable
Father, my heart is stirred when I think of all the new things you want to do in and through me,
Read more..2025-12-19
Alone for Christmas
It was her first Christmas away from the rest of the family. What would Christmas morning be like for this single young woman living in a big city?
Read more..2025-12-16
The Mingling of Joy and Sorrow
The story of Christmas is one of beauty - and also of impending sorrow. We easily forget that the child of the manger grew up to be the man of the cross. It is at times like this we are reminded to not neglect either aspect of the story.
Read more..2025-12-12
“Have You Ever Been Alone With God?”
Being alone with God takes practice and discipline. We should daily practice being alone with Jesus, allowing the words of God to “dwell in us richly.
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