If this Christmas season finds you in mourning, I want to encourage you.  God wants to give you beauty for ashes—joy in place of mourning—and the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness. He wants to make a trade with you. There is a time for grieving and mourning the loss of a… Keep reading →

This Thanksgiving I have a thankful heart for my family – husband, children, grandchildren.  I am thankful for the love and peace in my own home as well as in their homes. As I think of each one, I reflect on their unique personalities and traits – things that put a smile on my face.… Keep reading →

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord.  Psalm 134:2 NIV May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.  Psalm 141:2 NIV I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up… Keep reading →

The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.  And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?”   “I’m running away from my mistress, Sarai,” she answered.  Genesis 16:7-8 NIV She… Keep reading →