Author: Pam R

I’m a sucker for cat memes. I binge TV shows. I can surf the net for hours and play games on my Kindle. Screens can rest a weary mind, entertain and fill the silence. It’s fun, but what do I gain from it? I don’t even remember the things I saw and did just yesterday….

Distractions! Everyone has them. But do we see them for what they are: broken focus diverting our attention from what matters? Especially from God? Distractions make us less attentive, productive and effective, and inhibit our ability to live genuinely. Even more so these days. I have found that lived out, the hardest place to be a Christian is…

We live in such an age of chatter and distraction. Everything is a challenge for the ears and eyes.Rebecca Pidgeon So many things clamor at us. Our devices break into our day with electronic insistence, shouting their messages. But there is really no urgency, just distraction. If our goal is to lay down distraction and…

Do you not know?Have you not heard?The Lord is the everlasting God,the Creator of the ends of the earth.He will not grow tired or weary,and his understanding no one can fathom.He gives strength to the wearyand increases the power of the weak.Even youths grow tired and weary,and young men stumble and fall;but those who hope in the Lordwill renew their strength.They will soar…

In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;in all his thoughts there is no room for God.Psalm 10:4 NIV *** Have you learned how to leave space for God—to give him a little elbow room to work in your life? This is the great lesson to learn—that at any minute God may arrive…

Ashes. Ashes and dust. A reminder. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return.”Genesis 3:19b NLT Ashes and dust. Messy. Symbolizing the messy emotions of grief and repentance. I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.” Job 42:6b NLT Ashes and dust. Things of great weakness. Yet His little dust…

1 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the heavens;    praise him in the heights above.2 Praise him, all his angels;    praise him, all his heavenly hosts.3 Praise him, sun and moon;    praise him, all you shining stars.4 Praise him, you highest heavens    and you waters above the skies.5 Let them praise the name of the Lord,    for at his command they were created, 7 Praise the Lord from the earth,    you great sea creatures and all…

The days are getting longer as the sun makes its journey north. The temperatures are trending higher.Spring is coming! Look up! Look around! See hope! See glory! See God! *** The heavens declare the glory of God;the skies proclaim the work of his hands.Day after day they pour forth speech;night after night they reveal knowledge.They have no speech,…

Here lies the tremendous mystery – that God should be all-powerful, yet refuse to coerce. He summons us to cooperation. We are honored in being given the opportunity to participate in his good deeds. Remember how He asked for help in performing his miracles: Fill the water pots, stretch out your hand, distribute the loaves.Elisabeth…

Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). John 6:10 NIV Jesus, unhurried and orderly, had them sit down on the grass. (Interestingly, only the men were counted. Many Bible scholars believe the actual number, including women and children, could have been 15,000—20,000 people.)…