I've enjoyed having this past month's prayer verse sitting by the sink in my kitchen. As I look out my window onto the beautiful fall colors, I'm reminded that "His mercies are over all his works." On Tuesday Morning, we were invited to pick up a new prayer verse for the month of November. For …
Letting Go
Today's post is dedicated to all of you who have children graduating this month and is a great reminder to all of us to hold the ones we love on the palm of our hand. I wrote it two years ago when our oldest graduated from high school and was reminded of the words again …
Rest within the Storm
It's been a stormy week here in our neck of Nebraska. Hail, tornado warnings, floods and yes, rainbows. The six-plus inches that fell at our place last night filled our pond fuller than I've ever seen it. The concrete drain on the dam is completely submerged. Trees that used to line the bank are now six …
Oh For Grace to Trust Him More
By Carey Helmink I am a fairly transparent person. I’m not very good at pretending that I’m okay when I’m not. I typically call a spade a spade. I think my poor pastor husband lives with a certain amount of fear that I’m going to say something at some point that might get him fired. …
Do You Trust Him?
Personal Worship Lesson 8 By Claudine Lehman God is Sovereign. What does that mean to you? Tom, a doctoral candidate in the field of physics, once gave this definition: “The sovereignty of God means that God can do anything He wants to do, any time He wants to do it, any way He wants to …
Trust and Obey
by Jill Trucke We have learned if something is repeated multiple times in a Bible passage that is a hint of its importance. Isn’t that so true for our own lives too? How often does it seem like God reiterates his points to us through church on Sunday, and then again on Tuesday mornings, and …
Beneath the Shelter of His Wings
I’ve been memorizing more scripture this year—longer passages instead of a verse here and there. Before you start getting all impressed on me, let me just say it’s been a challenge. Some days I feel like I’m trying to hold onto an armful of greased bowling balls. About the time I get a good hold …
Can We Trust Him?
In this week’s video, Ann admitted that she and God had long had trust issues. Can you relate? If you are having a difficult time trusting God with the hard things in your life, have you ever considered why that is? For the most part, we have trouble trusting someone for one of two reasons: …
Stressed Out? Give Thanks.
There is no doubt we live in a stress-filled society. A recent survey by the American Psychological Association showed 77% of the people surveyed regularly experienced physical symptoms caused by stress, 73% regularly experienced psychological symptoms caused by stress and 48% feel their stress has increased over the past five years. Annual costs to employers in stress …
Letting Go
Shereen and I watched our sons walk across the stage for their high school diplomas last weekend. A proud and bittersweet moment in any parent’s heart, but maybe it’s especially poignant when it’s your first. Whatever the case, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about letting go. For what is parenting, really, other than a …
