Women Who Fear the Lord…

I have hanging up in my bathroom a framed poster of the last part of Proverbs 31:30 (ESV), “but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” It helps me to keep my mind focused throughout the day as to what type of wife, mother, daughter… I need to be. Often, I repent for my attitude prior

When Hope is Delayed

Many times we hope for something and it seems to take forever for it to happen. We want to give up. Our heart grows weak and we feel sick inside. We are like a little plant struggling to survive in dry and empty soil. Like the title of the song says, I Beg Your Pardon, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden… A rose bush

Hope in Waiting

Last week was a hard week for my family as we had to put my youngest son’s dog down. People say you should wait before you get another dog. The thing is we have been dealing with a fast decline in his dog because of a missed diagnosis as to what was wrong with the

Trust The Unknown

Looking back over Jeremiah he trusts God at what He said to him, even when the outcome of his own life was uncertain. As we are preparing to enter a New Year with all of its uncertainties, let’s look at a young teenage girl who put her trust in God when what’s about to happen to

Your Way or God’s Way

Over the past couple of chapters in Jeremiah, we see people asking Jeremiah the question basically, “What does God say we should do?” Only to see them call Jeremiah a liar and do what they want. This is not a one-time event that only happened in Jeremiah. Throughout history we see people hearing what God

Secure Identity

When we are traveling abroad our identity is in a small little book. If we should lose our passport then we are in a whole lot of trouble. As Christians many times as we go through this life we forget we are not of this world. We lose our identity as to who we are

Plans — Your’s or God’s

For many Jeremiah 29:11, brings a comfort just knowing that God has plans for their lives.  For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. But when you look at the verses before God tells them to make a life

Jeremiah 11 Applied

Many of us have had people in our lives that didn’t like what we were doing for God. They tend to want us to be quiet and not express what God has told us, especially when it goes against popular opinion. We see at the end of chapter eleven, even Jeremiah was not immune to

Rebuild…

We get a hint in verse 10 of chapter 1 of what Jeremiah’s mission was; See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, To root out and to pull down, To destroy and to throw down, To build and to plant. In order to understand his mission, we need

Excuses…

Just like Jeremiah, whenever I tried to give God an excuse as to why I can’t do what He wants me to do, God always wins that debate. His response is very much like what He told Jeremiah. Excuse #1:  I’m not good enough. Jeremiah felt the people wouldn’t listen to him because he was