Live like a Colander – Let love flow uninhibited
If I stay connected to Jesus, I will never run out of goodness to share. … He let every ounce of His love flow through to us without self preservation in mind. I pray I can live like a colander too.
Scripture Cards at Coffee Shop
I was looking for a small side table so went into Jordan’s Furniture with the hopes of quickly finding one in the sale area. I didn’t have any luck but as I was leaving I caught eyes with the woman behind the coffee shop counter, smiled and walked out the door. On my way to …
“I will build you up again….” Jer. 31:4
I think it all comes down to believing the prayer we whisper. God promises us this morning, “I will build you up again….” Jer. 31:4 Praise God for the progress, and progress will come. The law of Heaven is progress, but we must give thanks for it – before it happens. Give Thanks, then the …
Ten Bonus Years and Counting
Our family tradition is to celebrate the 4th of July at my Mom’s summer cottage at Humarock Beach. This particular July my mom was about 88 years old. She hadn’t slept well the night before, but said she just kept thinking of how wonderful her life and her family was. She was counting her blessings …
Puppy Love
A few years ago, our 15-year-old dog died and left an odd emptiness in our home. After a few months, I began the online search and happily scheduled our new puppy’s transport from TX to New England. She was delightful! But as our Fall schedule developed we were traveling a lot! Unexpectedly our puppy was …
Jesus lived entirely for others.
Jesus give up His own will, to do the will of God. He proved His Love for God, and for us, by putting our good above His own. He died for us to give us His Peace. It was the first thing He said after His resurrection, that I give you My peace… Isaiah 32:17 …
The Only thing that Matters is Relationship
The only thing that matters in this life – is Relationship. Our relationship with God, and our relationship with others. Everything else can be taken away. What a wake up call this morning. As we are set to spend the weekend with friends, may we share unhidden deep relationships that are truly the beauty of …
Slow Down by the Water Fountain
This week I have visited family in Juneau Alaska. As I waited at security for the man in front of me to remove his laced hiking boots, belt, cross, and prepare his cases for x-ray I asked if I could go around him to speed up the line? No was the reply, “Please stay with …
God Speaks in the Desert
My husband and I were on vacation in Arizona, a few days out in the desert is strangely refreshing. You can hear God when all the distractions are removed. I was a bit stunned when I sensed God telling me to quit my retail job, but I knew in my bones that is what He …
Wretched Man…
He was a wretched man, his life had much ‘baggage’ and he lived a depressed life. In his twenties he had an illegitimate daughter whom he completely abandoned. His own siblings did not want to share life with him, no one wanted to be around him. He married a Christian woman and had another daughter, …
Mary’s Searching Testimony
Throughout most of my early life I was a pretty consistent at attending Church. My husband and I saw to it that our children were baptized as babies and received the Sacrament of Confirmation as teenagers. Yet, I did not have a personal relationship with Jesus nor recognize God at work in my life. I …
Old Friendship New Connection
I met the nicest girl when I was 12 years old. We enjoyed a year in school together, then we both moved with our families to new towns. I never forgot her, yet I never expected to see her again. It has been 37 years and a lifetime has passed, yet God let us reconnect …
Joy vs. Happiness
Years ago our good friends’ infant son died and left a gaping hole in their hearts. And as God would have it, within a few months the baby’s grandmother died too. It was loss on loss, yet God gave my friend His Joy, it was incomprehensible. After a few months, my friend asked her husband, …
Rock Moving God
I needed a huge rock moved, it was so imbedded and large I needed to hire it done. I didn’t want to add to our debt so I kept waiting, needing it moved so I could finish my work on the yard. Then one early Saturday morning I saw the neighbor getting a palette of …
I Lost Count
GOD has saved my life so many times I lost count!!!!! Mark – Rockland MA – 2015
