As I began studying for an upcoming retreat, my research led me to a quote from Pastor Steve Furtick, Elevation Church: “The birthmark of a believer is a bullseye.” Truth! While I’m not one to see the enemy behind…
I believe I’ve come to my final written thoughts on humility. It’s been a journey of conviction. A study that will never resolve itself in total victory, but remain ongoing til I arrive in that heavenly place awaiting me.…
I’m wondering, as I begin to type, when all is said and done with this morning’s blog post, if it will be misconstrued…? I certainly hope not, but I guess that will depend on how well my explanation moving…
Serving and humility… It seems I really can’t see one without finding the other…and, I’m recognizing Elisabeth Elliot definitely understood this principle! Her thought on the matter has convicted me for some time! Of course, I’ve been running across…
A few weeks back, Bay and I served for a week at Camp of the Woods in Speculator, NY. The camp is situated on beautiful Lake Pleasant (one of the finger lakes in the Adirondaks). We enjoyed the opportunities…
The Lord continues to stop me in my quiet times to further contemplate more passages on pride and humility. This one about the tax collector and the Pharisee was waaaaaay convicting! ? Back on July 7th, I wrote…
I am not a fan of anything that slightly resembles a wilderness. We visited the same wilderness that the Bible describes for us when we were in the Middle East a few years ago. Here are some pictures: A…
Remember this verse from last week? It was key #2 to unlocking God’s lessons on humility (#1 was knowing who we are in light of who He is)… I hadn’t quite put the period on last week’s blog post,…
For almost two weeks, the above verse has been floating in and out of my mind… Five little words, pretty easy to memorize. Extremely difficult to fulfill. We “serve” the Lord, working for Him, Scripture tells us, anytime we…
Yesterday morning, I slipped away a little before 6:30, kayak strapped into the back of my husband’s truck and drove the 6-minutes to our nearby little lake. It’s so close, yet I can count on one hand the…