It’s a tremendous privilege to pray with you this morning, friend. As I thought about our needs today, I was impressed with God’s faithfulness to us. He surrounds us with confirmation of his trustworthy nature. His attention to detail and generous love is everywhere if we’ll just look for it. Please do more […]
Category Archives: Prayer
Redemption
Redemption: an exchange, reclaiming or rescuing – my new favorite word. I find myself pleading for it as I pray for my friends. This week especially – my heart feels like it’s encased in thick cement. A young father waits for a bone marrow transplant after flushing his body with poison to interrupt the […]
My Prayer for Us
The older I get the more precious my family and friends become to me. I am grateful for each one of you – seriously grateful. Like the little drummer boy, I don’t have much to offer, but what I bring today comes straight from my heart. Please allow me to pray for us […]
When Prayer Aches
My heart aches as I remember people I’ve promised to pray for. Powerlessness stands hand in hand with weakness at the door of my soul. They taunt me and threaten me with paralysis. I think of several friends sitting on the brink of financial ruin – not the kind of ruin that means eliminating a […]
Swimming With SimpleThoughts
My husband and I swim laps at a local high school pool. I can’t say I’m the exercise enthusiast he is but I always leave the pool glad I went. When we arrive I quickly scope out the available lanes. I don’t like to share a lane with my husband because our […]