in humility may we surrender to HIM Seeking His will and not mine while Understanding His love for me means He wants only the best. Realizing His ways and thoughts are higher than mine. Reaching the point of saying, “It is well with my soul.” Enough of the fighting, the controlling, and trying to do this…

I’m Surrounded by You These beautiful words were being lifted to the heavens from a little white chapel on a corner in Wilmore, Kentucky. Growing up I never realized that history was HIStory – God’s story. God has opened my eyes to how all of history was written by Him – including the great revivals…

No More! No more! I have had enough! I can’t listen to anymore of the lies. I can’t keep up with the keeping up! I no longer want to be held captive! God, I just want to be free from comparing myself to others! Farmer Dan and I went to Miami to visit DJ for…

I’ll be Happy When Resolution Ever been diagnosed with the “I’ll be happy when . . .” syndrome or made resolutions year after year to no avail. Guilty of both! Waiting for things to be in line with our distorted expectations or thinking we’re going to fix something with a simple declaration never works. In…

Holy Assets Have you ever read through the genealogy of Jesus and said, “I’ve read about these people; how could they be holy assets? Why are they included in Jesus’ family tree?” There are truly some interesting characters in our Savior’s lineage. One in particular that caught my attention was Judah. Jacob and Leah’s son,…

Unexpected Beauty Can there possibly be an unexpected beauty in the Christmas story from the perspective of a barn, a stable, the animals, and the good smells that come with all that? Living on a farm my entire life, I have never seen a barn bursting forth with beauty other than newborn animals. I’ve seen…