Slip Slidin’ Away

Photo taken by my late husband when we were on a Snake River Dinner Cruise. “Jesus answered, ‘If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me’.” John 21:22 NIV “Progress not perfection.” Many of us have slipped during our Christian journey. Peter did too. We’reContinue reading “Slip Slidin’ Away”

Abandonment

“Although my father and my mother have abandoned me, Yet the Lord will take me up [adopt me as His child].” Even if my father and mother abandon me, the LORD will hold me close.” Psalm 27:10 NLT “For my father and my mother have forsaken me, But the Lord will take me up.” PsalmContinue reading “Abandonment”

Honor Your Story

My husband and me on our wedding day. “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.”Continue reading “Honor Your Story”

Prayers and Musings of a Black Sheep. (Hint: we’re all black sheep).

A devotional for misfits, outcasts, black sheep, scapegoats and other nefarious types. Do you “step in it?’” Stick your “foot in your mouth?” Struggle with food, booze, spending or another unlikable, frustrating, destructive behavior? Is shame your constant companion? Critical voices? Control, control, control? Anxious much? Stopped a destructive behavior and wonder “what now?” PutContinue reading “Prayers and Musings of a Black Sheep. (Hint: we’re all black sheep).”