Called Out of Darkness Into His Wonderful Light “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;…
Porky Pine and the Morning Mercy
Children’s Day’s Journey with Joppa and Friends The sun peeked over the hills, painting the meadow with soft gold light. Joppa the Ostrich stretched her long neck and blinked at the morning sky. Millo fluttered down and landed on a low nearby branch, his little crooked beak tilted into a smile. “It is a brand-new…
Today: Rewrite My Story for Your Glory
Photo Credit: Mel Kramb A Brand-New Day Lord, I praise You because the chains of my sins have been broken.I am forgiven. Yesterday is gone, and Today is a brand-new day. Like a blank page, write my story for Your glory. Let every word, every step, every breath, and every decision belong to You. Because…
Will He Find Faith?
Jesus asked, “When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” Those words awakened something in me. They exposed my lack of faith. I had very little faith, and at times, what little I had seemed lost. But regardless of what I had, I began to realize that He was all…
Borrowed Faith
When My Faith Had to Be Carried I remember a time when I was paralyzed by fear. I could barely breathe. I walked as though I was about to collapse because all I could take were short breaths. I had to hold on to things to take one step ahead. It took friends—friends who knew…
Peaceably Ever After
I am a little proud of myself Today. I remembered how trauma once kept me in a state of freeze. I could not complete even the smallest task without feeling completely overwhelmed. Something as ordinary as writing a check to pay a bill or going to the DMV could feel impossible. My mind might have…
Independence Day: 250th Anniversary
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your Freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.Galatians 5:13 NIVhttps://galatians.bible/galatians-5-13 Today, as I reflect on our 250th Anniversary, I think about the Men and Women who laid down their lives for our Freedom. I am humbled…
The Little Girl I Almost Silenced
A Day’s Journey Reflection Had I not walked through this valley, I might have passed by the wounded little girl inside me again. For years, I had learned to push her away. Her pain felt too heavy. Her cries felt inconvenient. Her need for justice seemed dangerous because others had often called it selfishness, pride,…
Day’s Journey Youth: Elizabeth in the Hidden Place
A Day’s Journey Youth Reflection Elizabeth had found a place behind the old school auditorium where almost no one went. There was a narrow hallway near the storage rooms, dimly lit and quiet. Whenever the noise of school became too much, whenever someone misunderstood her, or whenever the weight of old memories became unbearable, she…