“For God alone my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my salvation.” Psalm 62:1 (AMPC) My mind can be everything but quiet in my quiet-time with the Lord. Thoughts pop into my head: the grocery list, chores to be done, a person’s name I have been trying to remember, or a long-forgotten memory. My…
Author: Dara
Carefree In Our Father’s Love
“Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.” 1 Peter 5:7 (AMPC) God doesn’t want us to have cares, anxieties, worries, or concerns. Not a single one. “Casting our care” means…
Dreaming With God
The other night I had a dream, or probably more appropriately, a nightmare. I was pregnant. Panicked thoughts ran through my mind. I’m 54 years old! 33 years and 10 months, married to the same man. 2 grown children. 2 grand-babies, with 2 more due this fall. Do women really have babies at my age? …
Like A Sunflower
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.” Isaiah 26:3 (KJV) I clung to this verse thirty-plus years ago when I was experiencing all-consuming fear and anxiety attacks. And yes, in the King James Version. I longed for “perfect peace” as I rarely enjoyed sixty…
God Always Makes The First Move
“God helps those who help themselves.” As I was growing up, I heard this often. Many people felt certain it was a Bible verse; and if it wasn’t, they thought it should be. This quote is not a Bible verse; in fact, the scriptures reveal how God always makes the first move. He loved us…
A Woman of Faith
“It is the greatest joy of my life to hear that my children are consistently living their lives in the ways of truth!” 3 John 1:4 (TPT) This is one of my favorite scriptures. Raising my two children was the most rewarding thing I have ever done, and my greatest joy today, is seeing them…
Fix Your Mind
“And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing….
Footprints of Jesus
Usually when I head out our back door, Solomon, our Golden Retriever, pushes ahead and gets out first; but every once in a while I sneak out when he is napping or otherwise preoccupied. When I do get out alone, you can be sure the next time Solomon goes outside, he sniffs and retraces every…
Be Still
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” Psalm 46:10 (NKJV) Quiet is hard to come by these days. Even when all of the technology is turned off, our minds still may be filled with noise. The Passion Translation says it this way,…
Living Sacrifice
“Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? I encourage you to surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship. Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but…