Celebrate Your Victory

With a t-shirt! I read through the entire Bible last year with my small group of girlfriends! Some of us read the Bible for the very first time. Others of us read the entire Bible in 365 days for the first time! Whatever the case we did it together and it was difficult, fun, exciting … Continue reading Celebrate Your Victory

Imagine saying yes to His invitationโ€ฆ

Imagineโ€ฆ God, Creator of all that exists, created you and me with imagination. Imagination that is focused on Christ, His Word, and fueled by the Holy Spirit is beautiful and becomes more and more sanctified as we submit our imagination to our Great and Triune God. So, pray with me, and ask the Holy Spirit … Continue reading Imagine saying yes to His invitationโ€ฆ

Eager expectation of good

A definition from Merriam-Webster:  Hope: 1. to desire with expectation of obtainment or fulfillment.  2. to expect with confidence (as in trust). {Waitโ€ฆ watch and pray. Because He came then I can eagerly expect His return.} Biblically, our hope is in God. Itโ€™s my trust in Him, and His good nature that makes possible my … Continue reading Eager expectation of good

Withness: a review along with resources

Thanksgiving Day, 2025. Dear Reader, May you experience, today, God's very real withness. For He has changed my life {again} by unveiling my eyes to the reality that He is with me. Immanuel. I have never known Him quite like this. You might think at my age, โ€œShouldnโ€™t you know this by now?โ€ I ask … Continue reading Withness: a review along with resources

A Great Teacher Asks the Best Questions: โ€œWere not ten cleansed?โ€

The best teachers ask really great questions. As you read and ponder ask yourselfโ€ฆ Who is Jesus to me?

Morning Communion: Your Blood

One of those lightbulb moments. Wait, Iโ€™ve read this scripture before. But Iโ€™ve never read it like this before. The atoning blood of the Lamb. Always Godโ€™s plan A. #eyesonjesusandshine #withness #livelovebrightly #planA

The Resurrection: how do you respond?

A peek into an ongoing correspondence between sister-friends. She is one of my Paulettes and most assuredly my longtime Barnabia. Dear friend, I read yesterday Matthew 28 and Mark 16. This was our planned chronological reading with The Bible Recap. My reading walked me through the crucifixion. And then I encountered The Resurrection of Christ.  … Continue reading The Resurrection: how do you respond?