If your family or friends have been touched by Alzheimer’s, you too have probably struggled every time you forget a detail or misplace an item. Fear plays a huge part of the onset of this disease. Rather than remaining crippled by anxiety, I have found Psalm 71 an amazing antidote to the clutches of fear, especially as it relates …
Worrying a Life Away
As I spend time with a brand new grand baby, Carrie Vipperman joins us today on Hungry For More. I always love to hear Carrie’s heart because it mirrors that of our Father. Today, she hits on a topic that we all deal with: worry. ———————————- I was convicted this weekend of something I had let into my …
The Grieving Tree
There is a tree in my neighborhood that makes me grieve every time I walk past. Tall and stately, it grew past the housetops years ago. Because we live in a semi-arid climate, I know this tree didn’t just appear on its own. It was once planted and watered by someone who desired its beauty and saw its potential of shade. …
The Mice of our Mind (Part 2)
If you couldn’t guess – I hate mice. Not necessarily the little pet store ones in the cage, but definitely the field mice variety. I’ve been noticing a mouse epidemic in our culture. Maybe not the brown furry kind, but the kind that invades our thoughts and emotions. The mice of the mind. The mice of the mind …
The Baggage of Inadequacy
“Behold, (Saul was) hiding himself by the baggage” (1 Samuel 10:22). What is the future king doing crouched down in pile of the utensils and clothing? We know that it wasn’t because he was a shrimpy little guy. In fact, if we keep reading, we find out that he was a head and shoulder taller than anybody else in …
Failure to Pray for World Issues
Holy Father, Thank You for Your kind and gentle words regarding my weak faith. Sometimes, I wonder how You can be so patient – especially when my sins continue to revolve around the same issues year after year. I confess to You that my thoughts haven’t been on trust, but on worry. I’ve worried about Ebola, our government, …
God’s Voice on Ebola
My dear child, I have been watching you. Over the last several weeks, your time has been increasingly spent reading news articles on Ebola and allowing your anxiety level to rise. You watch the news, hear the reports and when your fear peaks, you turn to mindless internet sites instead of Me. Yet, who can change a situation by …
The Filling of Spilling
Holy Father, Thank You for choosing us as Your royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9). When You beckoned us toward You, our very entrance into Your Presence is what set us apart. Yet, this distinction wasn’t just so that we could sit on a shelf and look good. No, we were chosen as people who would “obey and be …
Sprouting
See those red pod things sprouting off the tree bark? Know what that is? It’s the seeds of the cacao tree. Or in layman’s terms: the beginnings of chocolate. Honestly, it’s very odd looking. Like no tree I had ever seen before. All around the bark of this fairly large tree, there are outgrowths of blooms which, …
Seeds of Thought
We recently had the opportunity to visit one of our favorite spots in South Carolina: The Cooley Brothers Peach Shed. When we lived nearby, we were some of their regulars. From mid-June to September, Mark and I lived on a daily regimen of what the ancient Romans called the “Persian apple”. We just called it delicious. …