Posted by myjourneyoffaithmagazine on August 6, 2012 “He said it would be hard, but he didn’t know how hard it really would be.” These words came from the mouth of my Mother a few years after Daddy passed away. They had been married more than 50 years and now Mother was learning to live without him. She would have to start a new life apart from her beloved. They had discussed the possibilities of which one would go first, Daddy …
Shout for Joy
Psalm 71:23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to You I, whom you have redeemed.
Be Strong
1 Corinthians 16:13 Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith; be men of courage, be strong.
Learning to Wait
Learning to wait is the hardest thing to do. The word “wait” means to: stay in place in expectation, to delay serving, to remain stationary in readiness or expectation, to look forward expectantly, to be ready and available. In a recent lesson in Genesis, Sarai (Sarah after God changed her name) gives Hagar to Abram (Abraham) to father a child because it seemed apparent to both Sarai and Abram that what God had promised wasn’t happening. Knowing the promise and …
Living by Faith-Moment by Moment
I don’t know about you but it is hard for me to live in the moment. I have a tendency to want to know what the next day will bring. I guess this comes from many years of schedules of appointments, meetings, and conferences, etc. When I taught, I lived from bell to bell. When I worked on the job, I lived from meeting to meeting, workshop to workshop, appointment to appointment, project to project. As a wife and mother, …