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Hope for When America Seems to Be Hopeless

by Leah | Feb 5, 2016 | Faith, God's Love, God's Protection, Insecurity, Serving the Bride of Christ, Setting Boundaries and Priorities, Wisdom | 10 comments

I don’t mind telling you that I feel like we are in a sad, sorry mess in America today. I have not lost hope, but rather, I see the landscape for what it is….a disaster looking for a place to happen. And happen it will, if America does not hit her knees in repentance...

One Word 2016……Rest

by Leah | Dec 28, 2015 | Faith, God's Love, God's Protection, Legacy, Obedience/Submission, Wisdom | 16 comments

Sometimes you pray and ask God for something that you think you really want. Then when He answers your prayers, you discover that perhaps you are a just a little bit miffed at the answer He gave. So it is with my One Word for 2016. For the past several...

christmas characters ~ shepherds

by Leah | Dec 21, 2015 | Christmas, Faith | 0 comments

Welcome back to our visit with some of the supporting cast of the Christmas story. Thus far we have considered Caesar Augustus and the Inn Keeper who turned Joseph and Mary away. Today we visit with the shepherds who were the startled recipients of the angelic...

i am NOT better than you – lessons from God’s classroom

by Leah | Dec 11, 2015 | Character/Holiness, Faith, God's Love, God's Protection, Obedience/Submission, Prayer, Setting Boundaries and Priorities, Wisdom | 0 comments

Frequently, it seems the Lord places me in the middle of His classroom and teaches me a few life lessons. There is no syllabus for the class. Rather He teaches by showing me heart defects that are hindering my relationship with him. That makes for some painful...

Hell ~ 4 Things Jesus Wants You to Know About Hell

by Leah | Nov 30, 2015 | Faith, God's Protection, Serving the Bride of Christ, Setting Boundaries and Priorities, Wisdom | 14 comments

Earlier this year I wrote this post about HELL entitled What About Hell?: 4 Things Satan Does Not Want You to Understand About Hell. It was the most read and pinned post that I have ever offered. Although we do not hear many sermons on the topic of hell, people are...

When God Takes Your Breath Away

by Leah | Nov 16, 2015 | Faith, God's Love, Obedience/Submission, Serving the Bride of Christ, Setting Boundaries and Priorities | 6 comments

I have driven down that hill at least a thousand times over the course of the twenty years that my parents lived there. It is a long, winding driveway, bordered on both sides by rolling fields. The vistas are spectacular with mountains in every direction. The only...