How to Have Great Joy

“I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.”  3 John 4 I’m not a parent myself*, but I imagine that every parent would agree with John – that there is no greater joy than knowing that your children are making good decisions, living...

Being Light – A Story

The following is a true story. As I was leaving Sunday school, I was chatting with a friend, and I could tell that Jim was kind of hanging around like he wanted to talk to me.  I’m not sure if I had even spoken to him before.  I had been gone for two months that...

Being Light

It was an unusual place to be in complete darkness.  My husband and I had planned a little Valentine’s Day getaway last weekend just for the night at a nice hotel only thirty minutes from our home.  We had checked in that afternoon, gone out for a wonderful dinner,...

Being Salt

Whatever it was that they had, I wanted it. They had peace and didn’t worry all the time. They had a healthy self-esteem and felt good about themselves. They had a special joy about them. These things did not describe my 16-year-old self. I had never met anyone like...

An Unexpected Purpose

“Purpose?  Me?  This blog doesn’t apply to me.  God could never use me.” I’m confident that there are women who will find this blog and will think that – that God can never use them and therefore there is no great purpose for their lives.  Maybe it was something they...