Tag: inspiration

Daily Reads 11.10.2019

Together we are better. When one is weak, others can help him up. Two strands are good, but three is better for three is not easily broken. See Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 for more wisdom regarding life together! Going to church will not make me more acceptable to God nor more successful in life. But it will …

Daily Reads 11.09.2019

“It’s your breath in our lungs so we pour out our praise ….” (Casting Crowns song “Great is our God”) Today use your breath to pour out your praise to God! Anxiety creeps in and steals our joy, our hope and our courage. Pouring our praise out to the One who gives our breath sends …

Daily Reads 11.07.2019

Read: Genesis 2:7, John 20:22 Our breath is a gift from God. He breathed on Adam and Eve and filled them with the breath of life. As long as I keep breathing, I know I have the breath of God in me. Jesus breathed on the disciples before he ascended into heaven and filled them …

My Story

I am the sixth child of seven, born to a Montana farmer and his wife. Dad sold Fuller Brush door-to-door in addition to farming to provide for a family of nine. Mom planted a huge garden, raised chickens, tended an orchard and perfected preserving as much as possible in the summer to sustain our large …

Daily Reads 10.25.2019

Read: Psalm 91:9-13 These verses make an impressive promise. Some might even think it gives permission to run among the snakes…or jump from high buildings just to see if God will really send angels to care for them. Read: Matthew 4:5-7 Jesus made it clear that the promises of God are not permission to test …

Daily Reads 10.24.2019

Read: Psalm 91:3-4 Years ago, a student asked me about this psalm. Her question was if God would really keep all evil from her life if she trusted in him. Would her life be free from all trouble? Perhaps that is what we are looking for – a life completely devoid of all trouble or …

Daily Reads 10.12.2019

Read: Ephesians 4:31-32 A while back I perceived I had a falling out with a dear friend. I contemplated reaching out through a letter a few months ago, but did not do it. Every once in a while it would come back to me. I pondered it and then pushed it to the back of …

Daily Reads 09.26.2019

Recently, the company my husband works for sponsored a Keith Urban concert. In order to attend the concert, you had to know someone. There were no tickets to buy, no raffles to enter, you just had to be invited. I attended the concert because I was invited. I didn’t bring anything, it didn’t cost me, …

Daily Reads 09.25.2019

Read: Psalm 139:13-18 While the words of this psalm are quite familiar to many, it bears reading again and again. Today when you read it, offer it as a prayer of thanksgiving to your Creator. He watched everything about how you were put together and he deemed it VERY GOOD! Sometimes our world tells us …

Daily Reads 09.19.2019

Read: Ephesians 1:3-14 It’s impossible to live beyond what we believe about ourselves. Dr. Jay Shetler The words we say to ourselves are extremely powerful. If I believe myself to be broken beyond repair, worthless to society and a waste of time, that is what I will experience in life. We all have descriptive words …