“The Lord said unto me, I will take my rest and will look from My  dwelling place like clear heat in the sunshine and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.” Isaiah 18:4  ( KJV) My situation was already bad. But things just went from bad to worse. I had prayed.  I was still showing up in church.  I had read that devotion.  I had even wrote that devotion.  And yet, things had gotten worse.   I had no doubt God sees me.  And he saw my situation. He even saw it get worse to the point that I didn’t know what I was going to do. And…

Key Verse: Psalm 68:11 (NIV) “The Lord announces his word and the women who proclaim it is a mighty throng.”  All my life there has been one battle I have tried over and over again to gain the victory over.  It reminds me of that part of scripture where it says that the children of Israel were never really able to capture all the Jebusites.  No matter how hard they tried to conquer them there were always some that got away to come back to cause trouble another day.   Comparison has been my version of the Jebusites for many long years of my life.  I have desperately wanted and…

Key Verse: Psalms 40:2-4 (KJV) “He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.” I have never been a high heel dress up kind of girl but I do love a great pair of boots. Give me boots over heels any day. Give me the real leather kind of boot with the cute buckles and just the right amount of a heel to make them super comfortable and I am in love. Fall is my favorite time of year and so out comes my chunky sweaters and my favorite pair of Frye boots…

Have you ever felt insignificant?  It is a feeling that I know I struggle with from time to time. It is hard to believe that such a big word can make you feel not only small but less than. Less smart. Less beautiful. Less qualified for the job. We are never insignificant to the one who matters most.  God never sees us as insignificant, for He is our creator.     So let’s take a closer look at this word that wreaks such havoc on our souls. And if I am honest causes me to struggle to find my place and purpose in this world.    As I sat in that…

I haven’t always had confidence and often let things intimidate me. As a result, I lacked the confidence to jump in and would sit out.  I remember when I was a kid, I wanted so much to learn to swim. I watched all the other kids jumping in the water and swimming around. They made it look so easy. They made it look like so much fun. Easy and fun for them but scary for me. Every time during the car ride to the pool, I would have myself totally convinced that I would do it today. I would convince myself that I was going to run and jump in…