Whenever I write fiction, I try to make sure each chapter ends with a hook, something to give the reader an intense desire to keep moving forward in the story. However, sometimes we get stuck in our own stories. During difficult times, we think there isn’t hope and there isn’t … Continue reading →
During a difficult time in my life, I slept with a loaded gun under my pillow. I needed protection. I also needed strength, so I joined a gym and lifted weights. Friends would hover over me encouraging, providing help in case my muscles became too weak to continue lifting. They … Continue reading →
I realized something this morning, something I need to remember. We don’t need to feel guilty for not doing what we are not called to do. If God has called us to do something, then we need to do it. (If we run from His calling watch out for whales … Continue reading →
In Acts 28:1, Luke wrote “after we were brought safely through” (ESV). The interesting thing is he, Paul, and everyone on a ship had just experienced a horrible storm and shipwreck. Unfortunately, many people would not say they had been “brought safely through,” or had escaped, they would fixate on … Continue reading →
Howling winds and storm waves lashed at the ship. In a desperate attempt to not run aground, cargo was thrown overboard. The men lost hope, they couldn’t eat, couldn’t fight against the dangerous storm. Yet one man stood and told them to take heart, have courage, that although the ship … Continue reading →
Helen Roseveare, a medical doctor/missionary in Africa, had prayed for years for reconciliation and unity between European missionaries and their African colleagues. In October 1964, after the start of a horrific civil war, she was beaten and brutalized by guerilla soldiers. After that savage night, she was taken with other … Continue reading →
When I was a little girl, my family went to Galveston to go crabbing between huge boulders that made up the seawall. Once there, we tied chicken bones on a string and dropped them between the rocks. The crabs would crawl out from under the rocks and take hold, and … Continue reading →
