The High Calling of God

  Recently the Lord revealed Himself to me in even a deeper understanding of these descriptions of who He is. In the beginning of the year I was experiencing an attitude that I didn’t quite understand or like. My own spirit was out of sync with the spirit of God and it was making me miserable. I wasn’t experiencing that peace and joy that I had previously experienced. I was grouchy, sulky and quick tempered. I picture ourselves as a finely tuned mechanism such as a clock that when  all the pieces are working in order the clock is working. But when one of the gears is broken or gets jammed up the clock no longer works and it has to be repaired.  I fervently asked God what was the problem because I was missing the peace and calmness that I had previously experienced. When we allow Him-when we make the time for Him to counsel us, as we seek Him for wisdom and answers - He is faithful to do it - and He shows us where and why we went wrong. As my counselor He showed me the par...

  I received this coffee mug for Christmas. I love it!  It’s big, easy to handle and I so enjoy my morning coffee and thinking about the message on the outside: “The Beauty of Christmas is not in presents but in His Presence “. But wait!  Christmas is over.  What’s the message behind this little message?  What’s the back story?  To me and millions of fellow believers- the beauty of LIFE is His presence. There is beauty in each day.  It’s not just something to be aware of or speak of during the holidays and then pack away in storage until next Christmas. To learn, be aware of and embrace His presence, the presence of Christ each day, every day, moment by moment of every day- to me- that is the beauty of life. And when we embrace His presence at all times- and realize that He is embracing us- there is beauty in every day and every thing.  I think I’ll just keep using this cup all year because its little message reminds me of a greater message. It’s ...

    I haven't written for awhile on here. I am sharing my Facebook post from New Year's Eve.  This sums up how I am feeling as I enter the new year-  So- here we are- at the end of another year. I close out 2021 like I do every year- with a clean, uncluttered house, Christmas decorations put away for another year. In the spiritual sense, I am doing my best to enter the new year with a clean, uncluttered heart as well. Leaving behind the baggage and clutter, doubts and fears, the sadness and regrets. I never imagined that 2021 would bring the loss of my brother, mother-in-law and a close friend. I never imagined having Covid and watching others fight their way through it, some still dealing with issues. But I did KNOW that God would give me the strength to face whatever battles He chose for me. I end up this year looking at it this way: I have had more gains than losses, more health than sickness, more good than bad, more victories than defeats, more successes than ...

Revelation 5:10: "And have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth." As Daughters of the King, sometimes we get knocked down, blind sided by the enemy and land in the dirt. I know I do!   This is applicable to you men also. I am just speaking from my perspective as a Daughter of King Jesus. We get distracted by the things that are going on all around us, things we can not change on our own. Worries and anxieties plague our thinking. At times it is like what they call “the fog of war”.   There is so much going on around and to us, that we lose sight of the path that we are to be walking and become discouraged, disappointed and we end up spitting dust out of our mouths. But what we need to do when this happens, and it does happen- we need to brush off our royal robes, readjust our lovely tiaras and pick up our scepter and begin walking again in that authority and power that has been invested in us by our Father King! If we have any kind of re...

  Psalm 139: 113-14: “For You formed my innermost parts; You knit me (together) in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; …” Ephesians 2:10: “For we are His workmanship (His own master work, a work of art), created in Christ Jesus…” (Amplified Version)   These verses have given me such hope and comfort over the years, but I think in the past couple years- even more so. Since I passed the 70 mark this year, it is becoming quite evident how the years take a toll on a body. It takes me much longer to perform tasks that I used to just whip through.   Now, I find I have to space my daily tasks out so as not to expend all the strength I have in one swoop. I get up in the morning, and I think of one task I have to perform that day. And I say to myself: "If this is the only thing that gets done today, I have had a good day. "   Then after that one is completed, I tackle the next job while I say to myself: "If I...

  Keith and I were talking recently about how it will be 23 years this fall since God brought us  to Columbus, Ohio for vacation on our way to Indianapolis, or so we thought.   But through a process of events we soon realized that God was leading us here. In September of that year we came back over to “spy out the land”.   After a few days we returned to PA with Keith having 5-6 job offers here in Columbus.   We continued to receive conformation that it was Columbus that God was directing us to. In October of that year, Keith moved out here with a lot of our belongings in an old van that I prayed all night long would reach its’ destination. I stayed in PA to finish up some things for my job and he came back for me and the rest of our belongings a few weeks later.   We lived for about a year with his mom and dad (poor mom, dad and Mac- their dog).  As we searched the city for a place of our own, God lead us to buy our first home in September 1999. Th...

  From the very first moment we are born again through the blood of Jesus Christ and every day thereafter, it is a journey of grace. As I look back at my almost 50 years of serving the Lord, I can say it has been a journey in His grace. I haven‘t always made the right choices. I have done some unwise things at times, but as I obeyed the Spirit’s leading, I was lead back to the right path. As I enter the next season of my life, many things are becoming apparent.  One is that I can't physically do all the things that I did when this body was younger.  Entering the retirement years I think about what the future holds for my husband and myself.  We have no children to look after us in our "golden" years.  There is no one to come up and under-gird us as we continue the aging process. There are so many uncertainties with health care, having enough life insurance and just the day to day living expenses.  These things can weigh us down if we let them....