Posts tagged “Peace”
At the foot of the cross
Our friends went on an adventure of a lifetime. After retiring from the military, Angie and Bryan embarked on the Camino Portuguese—a two-week hiking…
God’s love for you
If you are one of those people who loves to learn and can’t go to church without taking notes, this devotion is for you….
You need only to be still
It’s easy to trust God’s promises when we see the blessings, but it is much harder when we see challenges. God freed his Old…
The Lord does all these things
The Lord controls all things. Do you believe that? Sometimes it’s hard. My city was hit this past summer by severe thunderstorms with 100+…
A little taste of home
In Reagan International Airport, I unexpectedly ran into someone from home. Had we been at home, we would not have greeted each other in…
Stand firm in Jesus
I recently had the opportunity to go on a police ride along. I was amazed to find that the time in the squad car…
How to be still
There’s this one verse in the Bible that a lot of people—myself included—seem to know (but don’t really know). It comes from a song…
Your future self: Hope for the New Year
I love New Year’s! It’s a time of forgetting what is behind and pressing on toward what’s ahead (Philippians 3:13 paraphrase). A time of…
The new you is hidden
Some years my New Year’s resolutions are clear and focused. This year they’re hidden, which actually makes them more impactful and hopeful. Here’s how:…
Every knee. Every tongue.
“They went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place…
The smell of Christmas
We got a real Christmas tree this year. I’ve never seen my husband act more like Chevy Chase in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation than…
Are you good?
Back in 2013, Oprah gave a commencement speech at Harvard where she revealed a question that she had been asked by President Bush, President…