Breathtaking Miracle

My last three posts shared my deep pain after I learned my marriage would end. As you can read, the pain brought my life to a halt. For some reason, I didn’t keep blogging about God’s help through this exceedingly difficult time, but some examples follow: I continued to pray for my husband to change … Continue reading →

Incredible Pain

Every morning I wake up to pain and anxiety, a feeling of dread in my stomach. That leads to tears. Yesterday improved because I reached out to friends and sought help. One came over and spent the morning listening, caring. Then replanted my overgrown plant, the one my mom gave me 25 years ago when … Continue reading →

Tears

I’m having another panic attack. Ok, not a full blown “attack,” but that sick feeling in my stomach, that feeling of anxiety, of fear, of pain. It’s a combination of the hurt of rejection and the fear of the future. It leads to tears. I cry. I cry alot. Spontaneously. I cried while walking the … Continue reading →

Emotions Galore

This divorce thing has an unbelievable impact on my emotions. My first husband died. The day he went home to the Lord, I remember feeling this huge pressure on my chest all day. I understood this is what people mean by a broken heart: I felt it physically. And in the days and weeks that … Continue reading →

D-d-d-divorced

It’s that Scarlet letter to me. It’s that phrase I never wanted applied to my life, never IMAGINED would describe me. But, here I am, heading in that direction. I can almost feel that big Scarlet D starting to reveal itself on my forehead, that sign to all the world that I am a woman … Continue reading →

How Nehemiah Helps the Discouraged

A few years ago, my late husband lost his job, then fell ill. I had to financially support our family for some time. As I experienced bouts of discouragement, I recalled Peter’s words: “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life” (John 6:68). So I stayed in the Word, and … Continue reading →

Wrapped in God’s Love and Mercy

Isaiah 6 Some friends and I shared a few of our favorite Bible passages during our small group a number of years ago. One of us chose Isaiah 6. We decided the best way to review the passage was to close our eyes and imagine it. As my friend read, I visualized a scene that … Continue reading →

2017 Day 365 – Come, Lord Jesus!

365 blogs on the Bible this year. I am ready to be done!!! Yay!It’s been a great adventure to dig deeply each day in God’s Word. As usual, He’s kept His promise: You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord. Jeremiah 29: … Continue reading →

2017 Day 364 – An Excellent Wife

I used to have a hard time with Proverbs 31: 10-31. Most people interpreted it as if this excellent wife were the perfect stay-at-home-mom, always cooking great meals and involved in all sorts of crafty pursuits. I’ll bet someone could even find justification for home schooling in those verses. This person is not me! I … Continue reading →

2017 Day 363 – On that Day (II)

I read a prophecy from Zechariah that appears to go a bit farther into the future than that about which I blogged yesterday (On that Day (I)). On that day there shall be no light, cold, or frost. And there shall be a unique day, which is known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but at evening time there shall … Continue reading →

2017 Day 362 – On that Day (I)

I find it interesting that as I near the end my 20187 daily Bible readings, the Old Testament prophets focus more and more on the coming of Jesus and His eventual kingdom. And John in Revelation focuses on the coming of Jesus and His eventual kingdom. Sometimes the imagery is so similar, I am not … Continue reading →

2017 Day 361 – Uplifted

The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;     the Lord loves the righteous. The Lord watches over the sojourners;     he upholds the widow and the fatherless,     but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.  Psalm 146: 8b-9 My dad died 20 years ago. My husband died almost 4 years ago. Therefore, I am both husband-less and fatherless. Sometimes I … Continue reading →

2017 Day 360 – Behold, Your King

Zechariah and John (in Revelation) give two prophecies about Jesus: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!     Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you;     righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey,     on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Zechariah 9:9 [The 10 kings who serve … Continue reading →

2017 Day 359 – No Repentance

The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire. They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.  The fifth angel poured out his bowl on … Continue reading →

2017 Day 358 – My Enemies

It’s Christmas Day. My plan was to post on Christmas Eve, but I didn’t get it done before we had to leave for the 11 PM service. So now it’s nearly 1 AM and I’ll do the Christmas DAY blog later today… after we’ve slept and open presents. I am a bit wired now because … Continue reading →