I am home! I arrived late last night from my pilgrimage to England and Scotland. Next week I will write about this wonderful trip. BUT since I knew time would be very, very short I asked one more dear friend to guest post for me today. Today my blogger friend, Clella Camp, joins us. I met Clella the first time at the Florida Christian Writers Conference. Now she is one of my best friends! We are part of an online writers group called the KindredHeart Writers and help each other through sharing resources, encouragement, critiques, and prayers. I love how Clella takes everyday blessings and sees God. She writes with such wisdom and clarity. You can check out her blog, Clella's Corner, and be sure to see her book available there too.FLYING HIGH"Carry each other’s burdens” Galatians 6:2I heard them even before I stepped out the door. The honking grated on my hearing aids somewhat like chalk on a board. Shading my eyes toward the sunrise, I could see the black V formation gliding across … [Read more...]
“I Don’t FEEL like it!”
The next few weeks I am hosting a group of guest bloggers. These very special ladies all offered to help fill in while I check off an item from my bucket list: a pilgrimage to Scotland and England. Today my blogger friend, Michelle Eichner joins us to talk about the struggle of submitting to God. This Floridian loves Jesus, family, friends, football, and helping people know the joy of studying God’s Word.I connected with Michelle though Jen Ferguson’s blog, Finding Heaven, and we are partners in one of Jen’s Soli Deo Gloria small groups. Getting to know her in this group has been such a pleasure. Being part of a small group that prays for one another is so encouraging.Stop by her blog, Leading God’s Generation, and stay awhile. You will be blessed! You may also be interested in the journals her husband and her works on for middle school kids to use to help them study God’s Word on their own. You can find the journals at http://www.leadinggodsgeneration.com“I Don’t FEEL like … [Read more...]
Be – Lectio Divina
Be still, and know that I am God.Psalm 46: 10aBe still, and know that I am God.Be still, and know that I am.Be still, and know.Be still.Be. … [Read more...]
A Blessing – John O’Donohue
In honor of my pilgrimage to Great Britain,, I send you all a blessing today:May you recognize in your life, the presence, power and light of your soul. May you realize that you are never alone, That your soul in its brightness and belonging connects you intimately with the rhythm of the universe. May you have respect for your own individuality and difference. May you realize that the shape of your soul is unique, that you have a special destiny here, That behind the facade of your life there is something beautiful, good, and eternal happening. May you learn to see yourself with the same delight, pride, and expectation with which God sees you in every moment.John O'Donohue … [Read more...]
Where Family Is
The next few weeks I am hosting a group of guest bloggers. These very special ladies all offered to help fill in while I check off an item from my bucket list: a pilgrimage to Scotland and England. Today my blogger friend, Jennifer Camp, joins us to talk about where family is. She lives in the Bay Area of Northern California, with her husband and three kids. I love her enthusiasm and her love for God. I know you will too.I connected with Jennifer though Jen Ferguson’s blog, Finding Heaven, and we are partners in one of Jen’s Soli Deo Gloria small groups. Getting to know her in this group has been such a pleasure. Being part of a small group that prays for one another is so encouraging.Stop by her blog, You Are My Girls, and stay awhile. You will be blessed! Where Family IsWe sit in a circle in the front room, four women gathered together, four sisters lifting up praise, thanksgiving, confession, and prayers to our Father.We remind each other who He is, our words layering upon each … [Read more...]
When Your Life Verse Doesn’t Say What You Thought Your Life Verse Said
The next few weeks I am hosting a group of guest bloggers. These very special ladies all offered to help fill in while I check off an item from my bucket list: a pilgrimage to Scotland and England. Today my blogger friend, Johnnie Donley, joins us. I met Johnnie the first time at the Florida Christian Writers Conference. Now she is one of my best friends! We are part of an online writers group called the Kindred Heart Writers and help each other through sharing resources, encouragement, critiques, and prayers. I love Johnnie’s deep love to teach the Scriptures. She is also a budding expert in WWII stories, which she incorporates into wonderful novels. Her first book, currently titled Where Treasure Hides, will be published by Tyndale Digital First as an ebook in January 2013. Don’t forget to check out her web site too.When Your Life Verse Doesn’t Say What You Thought Your Life Verse SaidFor over a decade, I have claimed Colossians 3:1-3 as my life scripture. In the New International … [Read more...]
The Highest Place of Honor is Bottom – Lectio Divina
Whoever wants to be great must become a servant. Whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave. That is what the Son of Man has done: He came to serve, not to be served—and then to give away his life in exchange for many who are held hostage.Mark 10: 43-45 (The Message)Lord my ego wants to be first.I want to be number one, the winner, the one everyone looks up to and cheers for.My sin drags me into the spotlight, seeking the accolades of the world.Yet You call me to be servant. A slave. A common laborer with no rights.My hearts wants to obey, but my will tugs me into the glitz and glamour of how others define success.I feel torn in two like I don’t belong either place.I ask for Your help restoring me to mirror Christ in the world.Clothe me with Your spirit; I can’t do this by myself. I need You.Help me to be a servant, Your servant.May all of my actions for others also be attentive to You.Let me walk in Your footsteps.May I be centered on You and on others, not … [Read more...]
A Scottish Blessing
In honor of my pilgrimage to Scotland and England, I send you all a Scottish Blessing todayMay the blessing of light be on you - light without and light within. May the blessed sunlight shine on you like a great peat fire, so that stranger and friend may come and warm himself at it. And may light shine out of the two eyes of you, like a candle set in the window of a house, bidding the wanderer come in out of the storm. And may the blessing of the rain be on you, may it beat upon your Spirit and wash it fair and clean, and leave there a shining pool where the blue of Heaven shines, and sometimes a star. And may the blessing of the earth be on you, soft under your feet as you pass along the roads, soft under you as you lie out on it, tired at the end of day; and may it rest easy over you when, at last, you lie out under it. May it rest so lightly over you that your soul may be out from under it quickly; up and off and on its way to God. And now may the Lord bless you, and … [Read more...]