Just 5 Words But He gives more grace. James 4.6a Last night I laid in bed thinking about what I’d blog about this week. As most know I haven’t been operating with a full tank! But I’m getting stronger and there is hope of healing on the horizon. My mind was buzzing with memories of… [Read More]
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Worry Wart > Trusting Tower > Refuge of Rest Part 3
Read Part One here Read Part Two here The Rest of God Once you turn your worry into trust, then you enter into the rest of God. There is no better place for the believer to dwell than in HIS REST. There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he/she who has… [Read More]
Worry Wart > Trusting Tower > Refuge of Rest Part 2
Read Part 1 here So, how do you switch from a worry wart to a trusting tower? The Word. The Word. The Word. The Word. The secret is in the Word. We must stay in it. We must meditate on it, and not the cares of this world – because those cares? Will choke out… [Read More]
Worry Wart > Trusting Tower > Refuge of Rest Part 1
Pray, taking authority over every possible distraction. When we first moved to North Carolina we attended a church in our immediate neighborhood – it was there that I made a commitment to the Lord that I was no longer going to live “on the fence.” By that, I mean, one foot in the world and… [Read More]
Unconditional …. Unconditional Trust
Unconditional love TRUST Trust in the Lord with all your heart – don’t lean on or depend on your own understanding; instead, acknowledge God in all your ways and He will direct your path [your every step]. Proverbs 3.5-6 (Susan translation) I have a very brave friend – we met through our writing and God… [Read More]
The Sweetness of Harvest
Last week a family member stood in our kitchen gazing at the word on our chalkboard. R E A P “Why do you have REAP on your chalkboard? It seems such a grim word.” I suppose her thoughts went to “grim reaper.” Anything but. You can read about my oneword2018 here and how the Lord… [Read More]
Dark:Thirty
With the onset of turning our clocks back and evenings becoming very long and very dark very early, I am inspired to share some thoughts on darkness Holy Spirit showed me nine years ago, October 2008. This will be my first-ever series on the blog. Today? Part one. Dark Places He has set me in… [Read More]
Quietude: August 27, 2017
Photo: Cascades Waterfall, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC. By Tammi Bare Today’s scripture is special to me – Colossians 1.10 is my life verse! I have it memorized in the NKJV with a Susan twist but the NLT translation is quite lovely. Our “praying scripture” encompasses Colossians 1.10-12 Then the way _____ lives will always honor… [Read More]