From my living room couch I can look into my kitchen and see the glass door to my pantry. Just me, a cup of tea, my Bible, and God. From this cozy spot I can either look through the window to the backyard trees, or glance at the glass pantry door and see a reflection of those same trees and flowering shrubs moving in the breeze. Often this reflection in glass strikes me as a doorway to a magical place, giving me the same sort of feeling a favorite book does—like Heidi inviting me up to the Swiss Alps, or…
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Lord God, my Father, my King, my Sovereign, my All, I RETURN to you with all my heart, I ENTER your presence with gratitude and joy, I ESCAPE into your arms and nestle in the shadow of your wing….
A Writer’s “Take My Life”
Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee.Take my moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise. Take my hands, and let them move at the impulse of Thy love. Take my intellect, and use every power as Thou shalt choose. Take my keyboard, and my screen; my desk and office chair, My pages, sentences, and words, my flittings here and there, My focus and my flow, my pacings up and down, My insecurities and fears, my grins, my groans, my frowns.
How to Make New Year’s Resolutions
“I hate making long-range plans,” I said to hubby at dinner the other night. “You have to. If you don’t, you’ll flounder.” Grrr. He’s right. But setting goals is way too tedious for me. I’d rather just do what comes up. You know, follow God’s lead for the moment. And contently, try to do my best each day.
Daily Reflections on the Names of God by Ava Pennington
Every name God calls Himself and every name His people called Him holds clues to who He is, how He relates to His children, and the promises He has made – and kept. Daily Reflections on the Names of God offers you a wonderful opportunity to spend time each day getting to know God more intimately by exploring 122 of His names and attributes. Using three individual devotions for each name, you will discover something new about who God is, who you are, and how you relate to others. One year from now, will you be able to say that…
Seven Ways to Find Joy
It was our favorite Mexican restaurant and hubby and I sat across the table from friends with whom we re-connected after decades. And in the lively conversation a comment was made that jolted my senses. I positioned the wheelchair beside the table (I still couldn’t put weight on the foot with the broken bone). The comment came innocently, I’m sure. “Janet is blind and now lame,” he chuckled. “So… so much for this Jesus thing.” Although it was a comment in jest, he had a point. Amigos, does the world think that when you become a Christ follower, life is…
The Advantages of Listening
Don’t you hate long, silly greetings on voice mail? I do. I want quickly to get to the beep so I can leave a message. But I was surprised when I called a new friend and heard her beautiful greeting. “I love that sweet greeting,” I said when she returned my call. “It sounds so very positive and upbeat. Not like most that are the same as everyone else. I love how your personality comes through.” “Who is this?” the person said. Gulp. I had dialed the wrong number. Lesson learned: listen, listen, really listen—before speaking! And you know what?…
Connecting with God
As writers for the Christian market, we strive to bring our readers closer to God, to reconnect them to the One who sent His Son to die for our sins, but we have to connect to Him first before we can connect others through our books.
Perchance to Dream by Christine Lindsay
Often when I see only a glimpse of a scene, or a reflection in glass, it strikes me as a doorway to another world—a magical place I long to go. The same sort of feeling a favorite book does for me—like Heidi taking me up the Swiss Alps, or Ash and Anjuli-Bai from Far Pavilions whisking me off to long-ago India. From my living room couch I can look into my kitchen and see the glass door to the pantry. This is often what I see when I’m having my devotions, while I have a cup of tea in my…
What Fills Our Lives?
A perpetual calendar of quotes sits on my desk. One quote that’s become a personal favorite expresses these wise words—“Our lives, to be fruitful, must be full of Christ; to be able to bring his peace, joy, and love we must have it ourselves, for we cannot give what we have not got” (Mother Teresa). These words encourage me to a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ on a daily basis, but they also challenge me in my role as a writer. As a writer, my desire…
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