By Tracie Miles “Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.” James 4:17 (NLT) It seemed like a great idea at first, until my fear and procrastination caused me to miss a blessing. I’d been invited to speak at a summer camp and my daughter Kaitlyn joined me. In between attending the…
By Kara Tippetts “But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the LORD God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.” Psalm 73:28 (ESV) We spend our little years dreaming, hoping, wishing — imagining what our lives will one day become. We set the stage for what our living will be like in our…
By Lynn Cowell Mary responded, ‘I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.’ And then the angel left her.” Luke 1:38 (NLT) Lord, I’m not sure I can take one more rejection. No. No. No. Every email I received said the same thing, using different words. We don’t publish that type of book. We don’t publish writers we…
By GLYNNIS WHITWER “And give my son Solomon the wholehearted devotion to keep your commands, statutes and decrees and to do everything to build the palatial structure for which I have provided.” 1 Chronicles 29:19 (NIV) Cheri handed my crying baby to me, his little eyes swollen, his sobs subsiding into gulping sighs. Within seconds, Robbie calmed as I nuzzled him and kissed…