Shining the Light
of Hope
into Dark Places
Hope is Powerful
Welcome to the Blog!
Do you need an infusion of HOPE? The blog is where I share personal anecdotes and testimonials of the faithfulness of God in the midst of struggles such as – serious health issues, infertility, a prodigal daughter, caring for her disabled spouse, and becoming a widow – that could cause despair. I share from my heart how God gives me transforming hope to, not just survive these difficult situations, but to overcome and enjoy an abundant life even before the circumstances change.
SECRET
Lord, you are my secret hiding place, protecting me from these troubles, surrounding me with songs of gladness! Your joyous shouts of rescue release my breakthrough. Pause in his presence. Psalm 32:7 TPT Today's writing is part of the Five Minute Friday link up. Join...
INCLUDE
Show hospitality to each other without complaint. 1 Peter 4:9 VOICE Today's writing is part of the Five Minute Friday link up. Join us by writing for five minutes every Friday. Here goes... I have been missing my Mom this week. As I was thinking about her I realized...
ADAPT
Look here, what’s done is done and gone. The now is new, and there’s hope in the not-yet. Isaiah 42:8 VOICE Today's writing is part of the Five Minute Friday link up. Join us by writing for five minutes every Friday. Here goes... How many times have you heard that...
STUCK
We all experience times of testing, which is normal for every human being. But God will be faithful to you. He will screen and filter the severity, nature, and timing of every test or trial you face so that you can bear it. And each test is an opportunity to trust him...
Turn on the HOPE Light
Every gift God freely gives us is good and perfect, streaming down from the Father of lights, who shines from the heavens with no hidden shadow or darkness and is never subject to change. James 1:17 TPT Today's writing is part of the Five Minute Friday link up. Join...
RELEASE
I know God has made everything beautiful for its time. God has also placed in our minds a sense of eternity. Ecclesiastes 3:11 VOICE I stood up to lead the small group gathered in the funeral home in some old songs. We were gathered to celebrate the life a former...
Routine
Even though Daniel was aware the king had signed the ordinance into law, he continued to do what he always did. He would go home, ascend the stairs to the upper room—which had windows facing toward Jerusalem—and get down on his knees three times a day and pray to his...
Beauty
And I know God has made everything beautiful for its time. God has also placed in our minds a sense of eternity; we look back on the past and ponder over the future, yet we cannot understand the doings of God. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Voice We were in a hurry to get home...
Why?
Pour out all your worries and stress upon him and leave them there, for he always tenderly cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 TBT Recent events with more school shootings and needless deaths of the young have left us breathless. After the shock sinks in we start to ask,...
Wearing Love Like a Glove
Put on love. Colossians 3:14 Today is a day when many celebrate love and relationships. Others feel sad because they don’t have someone special who will send them flowers, buy them chocolates or send them a card. They are sad because they do not have that ‘perfect’...
