Before continuing my pre-Easter reading of the Book of John this morning, I was thinking of how—to my detriment, in most cases—I see potential in nearly everything and everyone. (I think it’s a Pollyanna-related thing!) Potential Involves My Plans It…
Presenting ALL of the Truth
In John chapter four, when talking with a woman who had an interest in knowing more about receiving the living water Jesus had to offer (even though she didn’t fully understand yet what that really meant), Jesus said for her…
Of Shadows and Spotlights
“Place your focus on Christ.” “Place your faith in Christ.” “Place your future in Christ.” Those words have come out of my mouth many times as I have taught small groups of ladies or as I have spoken to larger…
Whatever You Say
Jesus’s mother had such a strong belief in Who He was that she confidently told the servants at the wedding in Cana: “Whatever He says to you, do it” (verse 5, NASB). Too often—far too often—I say or inwardly imply,…
All of Me
As a woman with a…well…how do I say this graciously but accurately?…calendar fetish (yes, that sums it up succinctly), I love when a new month begins. In my organizationally OCD mind, it represents so much: a new start, a new…