Devotionals
Recently, the Lord was talking to me about feet. I looked up verses regarding feet, direction, walking, paths, etc. One of the passages I read was Psalms 37:23-24 (ESV). The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for…
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A couple of decades ago, the forests of Colorado began to be infected with beetles that were killing trees. The beetles are small, less than an inch in size. So small that it would seem unlikely they could take out such large trees and entire swaths of forest. Yet, over the years we have seen…
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Wednesday was a hard day. I struggled from the moment I awoke. After spending a night of tossing and turning, I could hardly bring myself to look at my phone. While I wanted to check the time, I didn’t want to be greeted by unwanted news. The day before, we were informed that one of our…
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Most people see me as very confident. While I am fairly good at portraying this quality, I struggle with many insecurities. One that I have struggled with for decades relates to my qualification to be a minister. Over the years, I’ve been told numerous times that I shouldn’t be a pastor or vocational minister. Reasons…
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Accused of Being a Seed Planter Recently, I received a message from a client, “You seed planter.” In all candor, I frequently have clients who have worked with me for a while tell me something like, “I was going to do such and such. Then I heard you in my head, so I did something…
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Over the past few weeks, Mark and I have been working diligently to write the Rest and Leave policy for Blue Fire Legacy. Several places in this document reference the need to rest in the way God prescribed. As we consider the necessity to rest, there are additional facets that come to mind as rest…
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I sat on the beach feeling the breeze blow. The sea was rough with waves caused by the wind. A tourist was trying their hand at sailing in a Hobie Cat, being pushed along as the wind and waves directed. Not too far offshore was a sail boat going in the opposite direction of the…
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Over the holidays, a family member was telling me a story of when he was a child. His uncle took him out into the Gulf of Mexico to go fishing. The sea wasn’t as calm as some would like it to be that day. As the rolling of the sea was having the effect of…
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When I was a little girl, my mom asked me to look out the front window and see if the flag was still up on the mailbox, so she’d know whether or not to make the trek down our long gravel driveway to get the mail. The fact that I couldn’t answer her question alerted…
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We recently had the privilege of visiting our nation’s capital in Washington, D.C. On September 26, 2020, there were two events where Christians gathered in prayer for our nation. It was a great time of gathering with other believers as well as personal reflection. We spent the day in the middle of the Mall at…
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