A Whisper in the Wilderness Opening Prayer: Lord, when fear rises like a storm around me, help me to stand firm in Your truth. Remind me that You are the same God who spoke to Elijah, who meets His children not in the wind or the fire, but in the still, small voice of peace….
Tag: hope
The God Who Sees Me: The Valley of Tears
After the loss of a child, people wonder if the mother or father will ever be the same. The answer is no. No, they are never the same again. I know of fathers whose grief was so incomprehensible that they never recovered. And some mothers mentally shut down, like me. I miss my son’s laughter,…
El-roi-The God Who Sees Me: From Brokenness to Beloved
Genesis 16:13 – “So she named the LORD who spoke to her: ‘You are El-roi,’ for she said, ‘In this place, have I actually seen the One who sees me?” Hagar ran away from her abusers, pregnant and alone in the desert, when the LORD appeared to her the first time. He instructed her to…
Happy 15th Birthday, Day’s Journey!
First, to God be all the glory! I never thought of Day’s Journey as my blog. In fact, when the Lord introduced me to Day’s Journey, I was in a very dark place. I couldn’t get through a day without being riddled with anxiety. It no wonder the Holy Spirit, birthed Day’s Journey! Also, today…
Conquering Negative Thoughts with Faith
The Spiritual War God has warriors, and so does the devil. Daily, a choice has to be made: whose side are you on? We already know Christ is the Mighty Warrior and Commander-in-Chief of the LORD’s Army. Victory has already been won. Yet, we humans often forget what we have been taught by the Lord…
Grief and Mother’s Day: A Personal Reflection
LORD, let those who grieve be comforted by Your loving embrace on Mother’s Day Another Mother’s Day without my son is this weekend. It will be my third Mother’s Day without him—or is it the fourth? I do not know. I stopped counting. I only know he is gone. It is my second Mother’s Day…
Finding Peace in God Amidst Anxiety
One day, while talking to a student about following along as the teacher showed the class the solution to the math problem, she said she didn’t care that she was falling behind because of her disabilities. She reminded me of me; she lacked confidence in her abilities. Does this sound familiar? Oh, the conversations of…
How Jesus Meets Us at Our Lowest Points
Jesus will meet you at the Well. When I was a baby Christian, I walked like a baby; I didn’t know what God intended for me, so I stumbled through the day on the strength I had from either a good night’s sleep or the fumes from the night before the last. Little did I…
Today
The Heavenly Hope Hebrews 11:13- These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 Those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15 And truly, if…
Let the Stones Cry Out: A Testament of Faith and Praise
Luke 19:37- Then, as he was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen, 38 saying: ‘Blessed is the KING who comes in the name of the LORD! Peace…