Last time we took an adventure with Shadrach (Hananiah), Meshach (Mishael), and Abednego (Azariah). These three men stood strong with each other through an exile from Judah to Babylon. They refused to eat what they knew was to be wrong for them. They rose to power among the Babylonians and…
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Ah, good ‘ol Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. I was reading about them in Daniel 3:16-18 this week as they were getting ready to be thrown into the furnace if they did not bow down to the gold statue Nebuchadnezzar had built of himself. “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to…
Is summer a schedule changer for you? Are you having to pencil in time to see your best friend because of vacations? Not seeing your regular peeps at church because of people going different places? I know as a mom of 3 teenagers, summer is filled with many different activities…
Missions has always been part of my life as long as I can remember. I grew up in the Nazarene church and I remember reading missionary books that came out every year about missionaries around the world. It was fascinating to me how you could so easily see God working…
I don’t typically post directly about the denomination I’m affiliated with because I enjoy focusing on a relationship with Jesus and not a man-made religion. This week was a bit different, though, because it was the week of the General Assembly of the Nazarene Church where the theology of what…
This has been a crazy year in our household for sure! The more I’ve prayed for God to help my heart break for what breaks His, though, I’ve been amazed at how much I have come to hate cancer. Most of us have a person close to us that’s been…
We lost another good person to cancer this week: Jerry. He was the one we met during the first round of chemo treatments. He and Brian hit it off and they talked everyday that week of treatments. Jerry was also the one I wrote about back in November when I…
I was looking for a particular verse in Isaiah during my devotions this week. As I was writing in my journal, as a prayer to God, I cried out that I felt stretched and felt there were so many different things to do. Yet, each time something has come up…
This is the week of Passover: Holy Week. The Jews have been celebrating Passover ever since they left Egypt so many years ago and made their way to the Promised Land. The idea of Passover was for them to remember where it was they once came from and to celebrate the…
Y’all…yes you heard me right. I’m pulling out a southern saying instead of my usual “you guys” ’cause I just need to be on the down-low and draw out how this week has gone. “y’all, it’s been that kind of week!” Last week I told you I’ve been reading through…