Distractions

There are many distractions in this hectic life we lead that keep us from doing God’s will. These distractions keep us from hearing God’s voice. Drowning out God’s voice is a ploy by Satan to render us ineffective. Jesus said in Luke 8:7 that distractions are like weeds that grow in a garden. These weeds...

2018 Beginning Anew

Starting a new year and leaving the old one behind reminds me of a story I read many years ago. It’s about a little flower called the “Fire Lily”. It’s a little trumpet-shaped flower, fiery red in color. It grows in the grasslands and hills of South Africa. Setting the grassland on fire is a...

A Christmas Carol

I've been under the weather with a cold and sinus infection for the past few weeks, and not in the mood to get out and experience the holiday shopping madness. I've had a lot of time to reflect on past Christmases and the excitement they brought. I remember, as a little girl, the Christmas tree...

Entertaining Strangers

My dream of being a missionary came true in 1983 when my family and I moved to Brazil to work in an orphanage in a little town outside São Paulo. We rented a house from a missionary couple who returned to the United States on furlough. It was a cute little house but the windows...

Ever since I read my first Nancy Drew book, I dreamed of being a writer. This was in fourth or fifth grade. I could hardly wait for “library day” when the teacher would take us into this big mysterious room full of books. I loved the smell of the library. It was the smell of...