I can’t tell you the number of times I have cringed when one person gives another a compliment and it’s not received. People mean well. They want to make sure God gets the glory. They don’t want to appear proud. So when someone gives them a compliment they respond,...
For a long time I wore the Christian mask. You know, the one with the smile, with every hair in place. People liked it when I wore my mask. Never mind that it wasn’t the way I felt inside. Not only did I wear my mask but I learned the right lingo; I used the words...
Dear Daughter, I’ve watched you closely. I watched you take your first breath. I knit your parts carefully together in your mother’s womb. Psalm 139:13-16. Each one specially picked out. That nose, those ears. People cradled you while I looked on. You grew, you...
Little bites. That’s all I could take when food was placed before me as a young child. Whether we’re talking about baked lima beans, stringy okra, or baked fish with bones, I frown thinking about those days. The days when we were told, “Finish everything on your...
Silence is a lost art. Isaiah 30:15 says, “In quiet and trust will be your strength.” Jesus often had to find solitude, and, as we follow him, we have to try to find those quiet places as well. Many people crowd noise into their lives, but maturity seeks solitude, so...
