In our culture, it’s easy to gain a false perception of what love is. Some of us may compare it to the fairy-tale feelings and #relationshipgoals we see on Instagram, while others of us see “love” as something that is fickle and leaves when things get hard. Most of this depends on our past experience, but none of it has...
Has everything in life gone just perfect for you? It hasn’t for me. Sometimes (it seems) like I’m never gonna get a break. But then, just in time as I keep my focus on God, He steps in and gives me supernatural peace and rest just when I think I can’t bear any more. Then, after my quick break, He...
I bit the bullet and got on Facebook this year. My son bet me years ago that I would eventually get on the “middle-age bandwagon.” I argued that it was a college thing because at the time… it was! We bet $10,000 that I wouldn’t and he bet that I would. I held out for years, until finally, a high...
Know this: God, your God, is God indeed, a God you can depend upon. He keeps his covenant of loyal love with those who love Him and observe his commandments for a thousand generations. Deuteronomy 7:9 The Message Have you ever been going along thinking everything was basically in place and sound, only to experience a disruption that shakes you to your core? Life...
I don’t know about you, but storms seem to sweep through my life on a regular basis and I find myself seeking peace. I have learned through the years that true peace is God’s peace and can only be found in Him. God’s peace is not the absence of conflicts or difficulties and has nothing to do with us or...
“If you abide in My Word (hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them), you are truly My disciples. And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.” John 8:31, 32 (Amplified) When we pastored in the early years of our marriage, it was easy for me to hide behind my 6’4” husband. Feeling insecure...
I was 3 years old. Daddy said we were going to build a new house in the country, so I begged him to take me to see where it was going to go. As he drove me out to the land, I could see the large oak trees and colorful wildflowers waving in the south Texas wind. “Come on, Andrea. Let...
Last month, I was blessed to be a part of the Celebration of Life service for Mrs. Jewell Matheny. She and her husband Clarence founded our church and pastored it for ten years before moving back to Africa to be full time missionaries. It was a beautiful service as her children, grandchildren, and pastors from the US and Kenya paid...
Why is it that so often things seem COMPLETELY on hold and standing still? It struck me today that just a year ago I was utterly exhausted and discouraged about how little sleep I was getting, and in the months that followed how little progress we seemed to be making on getting our baby twins to sleep. I was reading every book on sleep...
“Hot Pursuit” By Joy Handley As a new mom of a baby girl and a 16 month old, my life is busy. There’s not a lot of down time in my day, so it’s easy for me to make that an excuse. One day, I was doing my quiet time (with a sleeping baby beside me and one on my lap), and...