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Thoughts for Graduates

by Leah | May 13, 2013 | Character/Holiness, Faith, Fun Family Friends, God's Love, God's Protection, Pride, Serving the Bride of Christ, Setting Boundaries and Priorities, Wisdom | 2 comments

TIS THE SEASON…. No, not Christmas. GRADUATION season. Although it has been a long time since I walked across a stage, accepted a diploma and moved a tassel, I have not forgotten the excitement that accompanies the day. My first trip across the stage to accept a...

What I Learned From The Greatest Generation

by Leah | May 8, 2013 | Character/Holiness, Faith, Fun Family Friends, Wisdom | 4 comments

(Click on picture for an enlarged version) On Sunday evening I received a call from my cousin letting me know her mother, my great aunt and the last of my paternal grandmother’s siblings, had passed away. Aunt Jean was one of a whole passel of kids that...

Closer Than It Appears

by Leah | May 6, 2013 | Faith, Fear, God's Love, God's Protection, The Awesomeness of God | 6 comments

Have you ever felt abandoned by God? Sure you have. Very few have not. The feelings of abandonment by God usually happen when life take a negative or unexpected turn. Life is rocking along; everything going as planned….the job is good, there is enough...

Vital Signs: The Seven Churches of The Revelation

by Leah | Apr 29, 2013 | Character/Holiness, Faith, Fear, God's Love, God's Protection, Serving the Bride of Christ, Vital Signs | 1 comment

Revelation….the book in Scripture that simultaneously fascinates, terrifies, and confuses most people. Over the course of the past couple of months, my small group and I have intently studied Revelation chapters one through three. Our focus has been the seven...

Hell and the Boston Bombers

by Leah | Apr 24, 2013 | Faith, God's Love, Serving the Bride of Christ, Wisdom | 3 comments

Like you, my heart was grieved at the tragedy of last week’s Boston Marathon bombing. What would cause a person to want to destroy another human being? What a senseless tragedy! On the day the bombing suspects were apprehended, I watched television coverage on...

Contentment in Ministry

by Leah | Apr 22, 2013 | Faith, God's Love, Idolatry, Pride, Quotes, Serving the Bride of Christ, Setting Boundaries and Priorities, Wisdom | 12 comments

Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts. Isaiah 26: 8 (NIV) When the Lord called me into ministry in 2007, my overwhelming desire was to bring glory to Christ. I didn’t want ministry to be...