STEEP YOUR LIFE

I needed a ‘word from God’ today… “Give me today my daily bread,” I said.“I am so dependent upon your ‘intense care’ for me.” Instead, He spoke to me about His words… in Psalm 12. Psalm 12:6For every word God speaks is SUREAnd every promise PURE. His truth is...

DARING TO ‘LONG’

One of my last blogs was about hope. The problem with hope is it involves ‘longing.’ And longing carries a certain kind of pain. It takes a lot of trust to long.  I know so many persons who shut that kind of pain down long ago, because it hurt too much to keep hope...

“I’VE GOT YOU!”

It was shortly before the unusual symptoms became noticeable, that led to this breast cancer journey. I was driving down a very familiar road one day, and suddenly the sky was SO unusually brilliant, that I grabbed my phone and just pointed and clicked the camera...

KEEPING HOPE ALIVE

I went out in public the other day – to a gathering of women. I think everyone there knew of my diagnosis, and several were seeing me for the first time ‘since they’d heard.’ So each interaction had the flavor of ‘You have cancer’… ‘I’m so sorry’… ‘How are...

AS THE SUN RISES

“At each and every sunrise you will hear my voiceAs I prepare my sacrifice of prayer to you.Every morning I lay out the pieces of my life on the altarAnd wait for your fire to fall upon my heart.   Yahweh, lead me in the pathways of your pleasure…Smooth out your...

THE MANSION WE LIVE IN

Anyone who’s been through a journey with cancer knows that this journey is not a sprint… it’s truly a marathon. Anyone who’s run a marathon knows that endurance is required – and tested. Some days I grow impatient with the process. I’d just like to be ‘done’...