September always brings childhood memories with mixed emotions to my mind. I eagerly looked forward to my birthday and a special day with our Uncle Charles at the Los Angeles County Fair. But my anticipation was clouded with a familiar event which I wished was later…in another month. My days of endless fun were coming …
Ephesians 1:11-12 and Jeremiah 29:11 are reminders that we are God’s workmanship and created for good works. No matter your age today, He has good plans for YOU. He has given you a purpose (work) to discover and develop in your life on earth. He continually delights in giving you “new assignments.” It is never …
JULY is the time to celebrate FREEDOM in our United States. This month, I encourage us to celebrate the SPIRITUAL FREEDOM God gives us inour life. In 1984at the upstairs Chapel of CRC Prison, I learned about spiritual warfare. God used incarcerated women like Jill and Mary to teach me how to use His weapons. …
“HOPE is expecting something GOOD to happen at any moment!” Winter Is over. Spring is here, and Summer is just around the corner! Now is a good time to put away our thoughts and frustrations of the past difficult year. According to Genesis 50:20, God can turn what the enemy meant for evil into something …
Since I was a little girl, I always LOVED the month of MAY! Memories began on the very FIRST day! I can still see my little sister and myself placing flowers on the front porch, ringing the bell, and hiding. We waited quietly and listened as we heard Mother say, “Oh my! WHO left these …
The month of April is a time when our hearts turn to thoughts of rebirth and renewal. We celebrate Easter, we enjoy family gatherings, we even have more sunshine so we can plant gardens. It is a lovely month to renew our vision! After the difficult year of 2020, I want to encourage …
I am sharing a delightful story which illustrates the relationship with Jesus as our Big Brother. I learned to apply it spiritually in situations many years ago. The first week of school was okay for 7 year-old Johnny UNTIL the bell rang for the children to go home. For several days, he had been chased …
Why Do We Celebrate Valentine’s Day? Did you know that Valentine’s Day began with a prison ministry? In the year 520 A.D., the early church set aside February 14 to remember the heroic death of a man named Valentine. He was beheaded on a pagan altar because he refused to renounce Jesus Christ. According …
At the beginning of each New Year, I’m reminded of a spiritual lesson God taught me by a Second Grader. May it also help you walk forward with joy…into 2021. It was 1956 in Long Beach, during my first teaching job. Standing before my desk, with a look of apprehension on his face, a little …
In December 1995, God made a way for me to rent my own apartment again, and I moved to Temecula. It was the first time I would live alone away from relatives, only knowing a few friends. God planned this place to be my “nest to rest” for the next twenty years of driving hundreds …