Responding in the Present

A friend once said that many times she thinks so far ahead and worries so much about what might happen in the future that she misses the joys and opportunities presented to her in the "here and now." I too fall prey to this same thinking pattern. ...

Change My Heart

The song “Change my heart, O Lord; make me ever new” is occasionally sung in my prayers much differently, “Change my life circumstances, O Lord; make me more comfortable.” It would seem so much simpler for the difficult situations of my life to...

Drudgery or Joy?

Life is difficult!  At times nothing seems easy. In fact, it can become drudgery – menial tasks, the toils of everyday life, the pain and the “why me” situations. Yet I read that  …the joy of the LORD is your strength.(Nehemiah 8:10...