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Clear Steps by Faye Wilson Walton “We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps” (Proverbs 16:9, NLT). I have an issue. I love to make plans, but I also hate to make them because inevitably God determines my steps. As I write this piece, this […]
Battle for Our Position by Tina Yeager “For the Lord Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth … He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.” (Psalm 47:2-4, NIV). Before I rose from bed, a predator emerged from the shadows. The ambush […]
What Are We Gonna Do with That Snake? by Donna Mumma “Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble knees” (Isaiah 35:3, ESV). Although many people believe they serve an important role in nature, I fear snakes. I agree they have their place. Just not in my […]
Words as Our Legacy by Tina Yeager “Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord” (Psalm 102:18, NIV). I gaze through my new home’s double-paned windows toward a city of strangers. Engines reverberate, their roars penetrate our walls when countless […]
Beyond Math by Jan Powell “n him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise […]
Just One More by Kathy Davis “’How many loaves do you have?’ Jesus asked” (Mark 8:5, NIV). After I wrote a faith-based article for my sorority’s newsletter, the editor asked me to share my experience with the “fruit of the Spirit” mentioned in Galatians 5:22-23. I agreed. I […]
Nature’s Lesson by Delana Taylor “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. Which of all these does […]
Fresh Starts by Jan Powell “You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to […]
Doorkeepers by Tina Yeager “I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked” (Psalm 84:10, NIV). Dead leaves pollute my front stoop. I’ve lost concern over the buried mat in this season of rare visitors. As uninviting […]
Tears in a Bottle by Sharron Cosby “You have seen me tossing and turning through the night. You have collected all my tears and preserved them in your bottle! You have recorded every one in your book” (Psalm 56:8, TLB). Many nights I tossed and turned, worrying about […]