Did Martha get caught up in the details? YES Did she busy herself instead of sitting with Jesus and spending time with him? YES Martha gets a bad rap for her type A personality but her story also fills me with joy! WHY? John 11:27, “‘Yes Lord, she told him, I have always believed you are the Messiah, the Son of God, one who came into the world from God.” Martha believed who Jesus was. Despite her flaws she was a woman of faith. Jesus was never harsh with Martha. He never yelled at her or rejected her. Jesus loved Martha! This is what I love the most about Martha’s…

As I started to unpack the story of Rahab my eyes were opened to what it really means to walk by faith! God worked big time through Rahab the prostitute, a person in society we would tend to reject!  Jesus hung out with people no one else wanted to associate with and while hanging out with them – He loved them!! So many times in life we pass by people, work with people or see people at church that don’t fit our mold and we refuse to associate…are we passing by a person God is about to use? Are we acting like we are too good to even speak to…

Seventeen year old Max Nelson is the youngest person on the US Nordic Skiing team. His story caught my attention because not only is Max the youngest; he’s also legally blind. Can you imagine skiing as fast as you can down the side of a mountain AND being legally blind? Max relies on his Dad to guide him via a radio that he wears. As he makes his way down the mountain he listens to the voice telling him which way to turn. He only has seconds to react. All the way down. That is an incredible amount of TRUST! Jeanne Guyon’s letter 59 in her book Intimacy with Christ,…

I have prayed and given much thought on how to unpack one of Guyon’s letters from the book “Intimacy with Christ.”  I felt you needed to read the whole letter and I leave you with my final thoughts. “The death of self is not accomplished quickly. For a time, it is a living death. Spiritual life is represented in Ezekiel’s vision of the dry bones. First the bones were joined, then they were covered with muscle, then flesh appeared, and finally the Spirit of the Lord brought them to life.  As you begin to grow toward God you will find many obstacles in your path. As you yield to God…

The first time I heard the story of the Samaritan Woman, I was inspired by her experience with Jesus and how her life changed. The picture we envision of her leads to a painful past filled with disappointment, sadness, and loss of hope, causing a life full of low self esteem. It was so low, in fact, that she hid from everyone. She was judged and hated by every woman in the village. She in turn felt extremely unloved and became very lonely. She looked for love and acceptance in all the wrong places. Everything changed when she came face to face with Jesus. Jesus showed her something that nobody…

Most of us know what it is like to be a sibling, we have a bond with our brothers and sisters and a deep love that is really hard to describe.  So if you are reading this and you are an only child let me try to describe it – think of your best friend and then multiply the love you have for them by ten thousand and that is a love for a sibling. Mariam was the sister of Moses, she was the big sis!  Mariam was sharp on her feet, for when Moses was put in the basket in the Nile River – God used her to protect…