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That Steep Learning Curve
“Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth.” // John 17:17 I closed the classroom door and collapsed in tears at the table beside my desk, hiding my humiliation...
In the Tedious Tasks
“I glorified you on earth by accomplishing the work that you gave me to do.” // John 17:4 I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. If I had...
Sometimes in the Darkness, Never Alone
“But I am not alone, because the Father is with me.” // John 16:32 These words of Jesus have become an anchor for my life. As a single woman, I...
Teach the Nations
"Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations . . . I am with you always, until the end of the age." // Matthew 28:19, 20 He walked up towards...
Drawn into His Love
“Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.” // John 16:24b I remember walking out of the movie theater as a freshly turned sixteen year old...
But I Will NEVER Do This Again
"When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain...
No Insignificant Efforts
He went to visit them and, because he practiced the same trade, stayed with them and worked. // Acts 18:2-3 Piles of laundry, stacks of moving boxes to unpack, dinner...
What Was There All Along
He made from one the whole human race to dwell on the entire surface of the earth, and he fixed the ordered seasons and the boundaries of their regions, so...
Touched by God's Power
He brought them up into his house and provided a meal and with his household rejoiced at having come to faith in God. //Acts 16:34 When I was sixteen years...
Travel Logs and Testimony
We set sail from Troas, making a straight run for Samothrace, and on the next day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, a leading city in that district of...
You're Not Alone
“I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.” // John 14:18 It was the first morning in my new apartment, which happened to be thousands of miles...
Sacred Moments for Reflection
“But because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.” // John 15:19 It was 2008, and I...
