Remember that book, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret? It was about a girl wanting to know God and to have God help her with her life issues. I have found myself asking God for the same kind of help. Life has been filled with many difficult transitions. I won’t go into all the…
I was speaking with a national radio show host about Pearls of Promise yesterday who was considering doing a story about our ministry, but he needed a news hook. I thought, Is what we do newsworthy? Pearls of Promise is all about helping people heal emotionally through Christ’s strength, so I decided to look up statistics…
Any time we have a new adventure or journey to endure, God says to us, “Be strong and courageous.” In Joshua 1, God explained to Joshua why he needed to be both strong and courageous because Joshua would need to be physically and morally strong to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land. Joshua’s moral…
“Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others” (Philippians 2:4). I was out of town and my cell phone screen saver was so cracked that I struggled to type on the keyboard. I had an hour window so I decided to hunt for a cell…
How many times have you received a call, text, or email from a friend who is in trouble or going through drama? They are crying so hard that you can barely understand them? Or they begin yelling in anger as they rattle off their grievances against someone or a situation? It’s important for us to…