Two blog posts hit my inbox today– one from an anti-trafficking missionary, another from a writer of devotionals. One in the field, one at a desk. Same message: it can’t be about you. “Your eyes and heart need to be constantly on Jesus. Not on the circumstance or the evil that you know exists, but […]
The Christian Woman
Ice cream in your purse
I read a cute story about a woman who came into an ice cream shop. She felt she needed a pick-me-up sweet treat after the week she’d had. The only other one in the shop was Paul Newman, with those gorgeous azure eyes shining. Her heart pooled to her knees but she inwardly chided herself […]
Site Update
The Christian Woman website has been given a major facelift! What do you think? I started this website back in 2005 before WordPress and even blogging were quite as popular. It was a basic HTML site which worked fine but as the years have passed the look became outdated and updating became a nightmare. The […]
What Does It Take?
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. (Matthew 28:16-17 ESV) (Emphasis mine). What does it take to convince some folk, right? The stone had been rolled away. His burial linens were all that were inside. Disciples […]
Stir It Up
“Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” II Timothy 1:6-7 NKJV I love this passage of scripture because it reminds […]
Praising God Even When I am Weary
When I woke up this morning I was greeted with weariness and I quickly recited this scripture out loud Galatians 6:9 (New International Version) “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” I have found that if I speak in […]