Remember Martha’s lesson. Don’t be so busy making things beautiful, that you forget that beauty comes from God. Spend time with Him.
Bible Doodle: Luke 10:38-42
I Got You, Martha.
If you are just learning how to listen to God’s voice, it may be helpful toput yourself into one of the stories from the Gospels. Identify with one of the characters, visualize yourself in the story, and look for Jesus. It was easy for me to pick the story—the account in Luke 10 about two… Read More
Live Life Laughing
“If you don’t like where you are, move. You are not a tree.” “If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?” —T.S. Eliot “If you keep your feet firmly on the ground, you’ll have trouble putting on your pants.” “Well, apparently Rock Bottom has a basement.” “You are… Read More
Bible Doodle: 1 Peter 1:6
6 So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. 7 These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials,… Read More
Transforming Regeneration
We were hiking in a Minnesota forest, and suddenly the forest ended. The path became a boardwalk through a swampy meadow, and the informational signs told us about the sudden change in geography. Where the swampland is now, there had been land cleared for farmland and grazing fields, with occasional groves. Years ago, a lightning… Read More
Live Life Laughing
From a real conversation while Mom drives kids to school. Boy, reading sticker on the window of the car ahead of them: “How’s your Aspen?” Mom: “Fine, thank you. And yours?” Boy, confused: “What? I’m just reading the sticker on the window of that car. It says, ‘How’s your Aspen?’” Mom: “Actually, it’s a little… Read More
Bible Doodle: James 1:19-27
How are we interacting in our homes? Is this where we are the most caring and generous? Or do we save that for everyone else? Love those you live with. Listening and Doing 19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. 20 Human… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 