Yesterday, I talked about Noah and how he waited for God to move.  God told him that in seven days, it would rain for 40 days and nights.  We have insight that Noah didn’t have when God shared with Noah how long it would be before He took action.  We know what rain is, whereas Noah did not have that…

Waiting. It can be challenging to wait when you feel like you should be doing something. But waiting is doing something. It’s the season when the Lord speaks to your heart and tells you to sit tight. He will give the next series of instructions when it’s time. Until then, wait. That’s what Noah’s situation looked like after building the…

What will you do with your God-given fresh start?Yesterday, the devotional was about the woman caught in adultery and Jesus giving her an opportunity to start fresh. She left Jesus’ presence knowing she was spared from death and had another chance to live. He did tell her to go and sin no more. What happened to her after that, the…

The woman caught in adultery was dragged to Jesus by her accusers. They used her as a pawn in an attempt to back Jesus into a corner. I can imagine the verbal blastings she received on the way to Jesus. Confident that their scheme was surefire, they eagerly pressed Jesus for an answer. He didn’t answer immediately but put His head…

Pressing on is a must, but it’s not always pretty! If it was easy, it wouldn’t be pressing on. It would be smooth sailing. No adversities, disappointments, delays, distractions, hiccups, outright destructive detours, etc.  When you are pressing on simple tasks, at times, morph into hurricane proportions, which seemingly end as fruitless.  Daily doses of anguish, heartache, and unanswered prayers raise…

Let go and hold on. The woman with the issue of blood tried everything to solve her problem, but nothing worked. But one day she’d taken hold of the thought that if she could touch Jesus she would be healed. She refused to be blinded by her very real circumstances. She would have never received her healing if she’d latched…

At one point or another, we have experienced times when we’ve given rave reviews about a thing/place/person/food item only to have someone come back and say their experience was horrible. What went wrong? Everyone has their own likes/dislikes. But what about the Lord? We all know people who say, “Oh, church isn’t for me.” Did God not “work” for them?…

Yesterday, I talked about how Jesus healed a blind man by making mud from spittle, putting it on the man’s eyes, and then telling him to go to the pool of Siloam and wash. He did so and received sight. Oh, the drama of the moment when Jesus spit on the ground and made mud. It was definitely an unusual…

Pulling back the layers. Jesus did it repeatedly with the disciples and those around Him as they often misunderstood life’s situations. Consider the account of a man born blind. The disciples presumed the man was born blind because someone in the family sinned, either the man or his parents. In their minds, sin was the only reason for the man’s…

Today I finally had a procedure done that I’d been putting off for years. Just the thought of it would cause my heart to race. I knew it was necessary. I knew it was a good thing to do – preventative care. Yes, I understood all of that. It was just that my heart was too tender, and I wasn’t…

Tucked in the daily grind of life, there is significance in your location, placement, or season of life you are experiencing. I know this is no news flash, but it’s just a precious reminder as you tick away the moments preparing for the next task on your to-do list. Remember the account of Naaman the leper and his healing stemmed…