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Inspirational Essays celebrate the spiritual side of life. Here you’ll find stories sharing about God’s presence in our lives and retelling inspiring stories we’ve heard.
Life can be a roller coaster of ups and downs, of hard times and good times. We share a little of everything in this category. Times when we felt victorious and times when we felt not so much.
So often hearing a sermon will inspire us with words we want to pass on to others. We don’t feel that we have answers; just a lot of questions and situations that somehow, sometimes, God has shared a solution for us.
We give Him the glory for all the good in our lives, and there is so much. And we hope to see you all in Heaven someday!
Can you sing through the storms and hard times of life? Like the little thrush, a foul weather friend, God can give us a song in the trials. “ For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace. The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing….
Happy Birthday In Heaven, Mom: It will be so much more than any you had on earth. Honoring parents is a Biblical commandment and a privilege. Honor thy father and mother; … that it may be well with you, and thou mayest live long upon the earth. Ephesians 6:2, 3 This Sunday…
Jael, the Accidental Warrior. God can empower you to conquer whatever your battle is today. He will subdue the enemy like putty in your hands. Jael, commonly pronounced “Jay – ell” but pronounced “Yah- ee – ell” in Hebrew, was a very unusual woman. For one thing, she didn’t have a feminine name. Many…
Drawing Living Water: Zipporah, A Fugitive and a Well can teach inspiring truths for today’s women. Drawing From the Well: Exodus 2 : 15 – 22 Exodus 4 : 18 – 26 and Exodus 18 : 15 Boy Meets Girl at a Well In the Bible, wells seem significant in bringing…
Lord, this morning I need to know how to “be still and know” in the midst of my real life. The life that jerks and pummels me on a daily basis. This seems funny to me now. I had a hand-lettered photo frame in the bathroom with a lovely mountain nature scene and…
God has your back. He vanquishes fear. He fights your battles and neutralizes your inner enemies. The promise is there in the Bible, again and again. Fear is a monster that can take over your whole life and create chaos and apathy and hopelessness and an utter inability to make sense of the purpose…
The famous Ram Dass quote says, “We’re all just walking each other home.” Don’t let anyone walk alone, if you can walk with them, even part way. You all know by now I’m a prairie girl. I grew up on a farm, with our nearest neighbors at least 1/4 mile away. None of…
One year ago, on July 29, 2020, my mother passed away. She was three months from her 99th birthday. On a typical morning, or as typical as mornings were that summer of Covid 19 in the midst of isolation from family with the only visits that happened were through windows and there was no…
Choose Facts Over Feelings: Your emotions can lie to you. Validate feelings by proving the facts with God’s indelible Truth in His Word. It was getting later and later and all of us were beyond weary. Our five year old was inconsolable. In spite of at least 3 hugs from each his daddy…
In times of desperation, the highest form of worship is a Lament of Praise. David was our best example of this. “ You can’t wait until life isn’t hard anymore before you decide to be happy. ” Jane Marczewski aka Nightbirde And she knows about hard. Writer Anne Voskamp featured Jane on her…
The hardest day of your life. Can you actually learn to celebrate it, and then, with Godly faith in practice, call it good? Find more comfort in hardest times… Postponed Living; A Study of Drusilla of Acts 24 Sticky Words: How To Delete Negative Words Terrible Mistakes Do Happen: How Can We Survive Them?…
Feeling guilt? Here’s your permission. Mama, butter your bread. Sweep the floor. Because, contrary to the popular poem, baby will keep and be better for the structure. There’s so much pressure when you’re a parent. So much propaganda out there about what’s good for baby and what you should never do and the stuff…