Can I just tell y’all that God is amazing? Sometimes I am tempted to throw in the proverbial towel with this whole writing/teaching thing, especially when I start listening to the lies of the devil. And then God will show up in a sweet and powerful way {or two or three} and remind me that…
Category Archives: Bible
From clutter to clarity
I wrote about clutter and how to identify (and avoid) it. Oft lately, my mind and heart ponder a different type of clutter. The clutter of busyness. The clutter of doing. The clutter that accumulates when you are not weeding out the good to make room for God’s best. Isn’t it funny how we can…
Reading the Bible in One Year- Want to Join Me?
God’s Word is always fresh to me. No matter my circumstance, mood or situation; God uses His Word to speak to me. The Bible is God’s love letter to us and I am a hopeless romantic. In 2010 I read through the Bible in 90 days with Mom’s Toolbox. I LOVED that method and can’t…
The Story that Changed my Life
My first Bible was a purple Precious Moments Bible. I loved it and I loved that my name was written on the inside. I grew up listening to Psalty sing praise songs and Adventures in Odyssey play on the radio on Saturday mornings. But I was an adult before I learned the true story of…
Mercy Triumphs ~ A New Study on James by Beth Moore
First, I participated in a read-along of the book of James with my bloggy friend, Marla. Then, my co-leader of a Bible study at church suggested that we teach through the book of James {we will focus on the first half of chapter 4 this Sunday}. And now, my favorite Bible study author and Siesta…
Just Melissa
There are days I wish I was more Martha Stewart and less this: More Paula Deen and less fend for yourself ’cause this multitasking mama is tired. More organized and less the girl that gets the call “did you forget your appointment at 9:30?” on a regular basis. I want to be more, do more…
{day 4} Surrender
Her jet black hair was the last thing I saw as she disappeared down the escalator. “Bye, mama. I love you” were the muffled words that fell on my ears as warm tears slid down my cheeks. My oldest boy slid his arm around my shoulder and simply squeezed, a gesture far more comforting than…
The fruit of a clean heart
We owe the world evidence of God’s real power and love. ~ Susan D. Hill My life has been irrevocably, wonderfully, beautifully, eternally changed by the redemptive blood of Jesus Christ. If you are a believer, your life has been irrevocably, wonderfully, beautifully, eternally changed by the redemptive blood of Jesus Christ. And, we owe…
31 Days to a Clean Heart
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and He will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord…
James (Chapter 1)
As we delve in to the book of James, I get excited. It may be a short book of the Bible {relatively speaking} but it is chock full of life application for the believer. {Then, my co-leader of an upcoming biblical community (you might call them small groups or cell groups) asked me what I…
