by ssadmin | Mar 9, 2012 | Daily Journaling
Have you ever been out in the heat and felt like you were just wasting away? I’m a Florida girl, and I’ve sure felt like my body was depleting a time or two while soaking up or working in the hot sun. What happens when you don’t replenish yourself with lots of H2O?...
by ssadmin | Mar 8, 2012 | Daily Journaling
While reading in the book of Numbers this morning, I was reminded of the last week of the small group bible study I’m in. We just finished the Beth Moore study on James. During that last session, Beth (via video) delightfully mentioned five little words from 1...
by ssadmin | Mar 7, 2012 | Daily Journaling
“Lord, IF You can get me out of this drunken state…” “IF You can get me out of this relationship….” “IF You can heal me of this disease…..” “IF you will help me pass this test…..” And the list goes on and on. In Matthew 9, we read the account of a desperate father...
by ssadmin | Mar 6, 2012 | Daily Journaling
This morning during my “Walk through the Bible” reading, I couldn’t get my mind off of my sweet friend. Within the past 3-4 years she has lost her husband, an uncle who was like a second father, and now that same uncle’s daughter. My heart and prayers go out to her...
by ssadmin | Mar 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Psalms 11: 16a: “A kindhearted woman gains honor,” 24a: “One person gives freely, yet gains even more;” 25: “A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.” These verses remind me of one of my dear friend’s mother, Rosie. What a precious...
by ssadmin | Mar 5, 2012 | Daily Journaling
“Don’t you get it?!” “How can you still not understand?!” I can just hear the sighing in Jesus’ voice when time after time, miracle after miracle, his disciples and others witness and are right in the middle of the wonderful activities going on with Christ and they...
by ssadmin | Mar 4, 2012 | Daily Journaling
Boy oh boy, the teacher in charge of recycling at my school would have a busy and overflowing bin if what we recycled daily was the list that I read in Mark 7:20-23. Jesus said, “It’s what comes out of a person that pollutes: obscenities, lusts, thefts,...
by ssadmin | Mar 3, 2012 | Daily Journaling
When I read the end of Mark 6, the vision and sound of the church that I grew up in came to mind (Welcome Baptist Church). My parents were in a sextet. They would sing often during church, revivals, funerals, “dinner on the grounds”…. One of the songs that my mom...
by ssadmin | Mar 2, 2012 | Daily Journaling
“Bravo God, bravo! Gods and all angels shout, “Encore!” In awe before the glory, in awe before God’s visible power.” Psalms 29:1-2a Stop and look around. Even in the direst situation, you can find beauty, good,…God. For someone, you may feel like you...
by ssadmin | Mar 1, 2012 | Daily Journaling
“Mercy!” I will never forget the time when one of my sons was about eight years old and he was not feeling well. He was not a big fan of regurgitating. (Who is? Haha.) While he was releasing everything he had inside, he screamed out (Actually, he ferociously groaned...
