December 24, 2019 – I have sensed your presence, God, as the Holy Spirit, yet I long to truly walk in the Spirit continually. I don’t want to live another moment of my life in my own strength, isolate...  Read More

Jesus, the Anointed One, is always the same—yesterday, today, and forever.-Hebrews 13:8 (TPT) __________________________ This truth is so… awesome. Why?  Because everything changes. The only thing con...  Read More

According to National Geographic, hermit crabs derived their name from the behavior of sheltering alone in shells. However, this is  a misnomer for these crabs because they love to be social, sometime...  Read More

December 9, 2019 – Today, memories of the end of 1999 stir so many feelings within me. We had sold our home and were living in the mission house that belonged to the church and celebrated Christmas ar...  Read More

That’s really all we have to give, right? We do our best and hope for the best. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn’t. When it does, we call it success. When it doesn’t, we call it a mistake...  Read More

Col. Sherman with his regiment having commenced the action upon our left wing, the whole line at the centre and on the right, advancing in double quick time, rung the war cry "Remember the Alamo."  —S...  Read More

When you read the title for today’s devotional, what was your initial response? Did you roll your eyes? Were you tempted to skip today and just come back tomorrow? Listen, I totally get it. When we th...  Read More

Me: I sure am glad I don’t worship idols the way they did back in the Old Testament. God: I am glad for that, too, but why did you invent new ways to worship idols? ___________________________ Idolatr...  Read More

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.-Inigo Montoya ____________________________ Do you ever do something that you know you shouldn’t do? It’s a crazy feeling when...  Read More

As I type these words, I have this image of running line drills in my mind. It feels like that’s the way most people live—constantly in motion, back and forth, wearing down because they have to keep c...  Read More

When we go hiking, we have a list of items that are always in our pack. We take water, a snack, the good ole, JIC (aka toilet paper), and a first aid kit that contains survival gear. We have rarely ha...  Read More

Do you remember those old cartoons that always show a giant elephant freaking out and scared by a tiny little mouse? How could something so big be afraid of anything, much less a mouse? Horses are the...  Read More