I have a purpose, a direction, a raison d’etre. I need to listen to God daily, continue in strong relationship with him, and choose to follow where he leads. Psalm 1:4-5 (The Message) You’re not at all like the wicked, who are mere windblown dust— Without defense in court, unfit company for… Read More
Passing through the fire
I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. Philippians… Read More
This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine. part 4
“You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on… Read More
How is a Christian like a lizard? part 3
“But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.” (Psalm 1:2, NIV) How is a Christian like a lizard? Psalm 1:2 is a clue. Still don’t know? A lizard is a cold-blooded reptile that can’t make its own body heat. Instead, it depends on energy… Read More
Philippians 4:11-14 What does it take?
Do my circumstances determine my level of contentment? Or can I say, with Paul, that where I am, what I have, my state of health, … none of that really matters because God is with me? I can be on the mountain top or deep in the mucky shadows; I can experience feast or famine;… Read More
Follow the light, part 2
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13, NIV) Shoulders tense, I lean forward as I navigate the narrow, icy road. There are no painted lines to guide me, and… Read More
The light of our lives, Part 1
“I’ll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age.”” (Matthew 29:20, The Message) Shine a light away from you in a semi-dark room. You see a circle of light on anything solid, but do you see the beam in midair? Light beams will… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 