Peace – Growing Graceful

by Linda

Let Them Naysay All They Want

How are all of you today? I’m sitting at the dining room table of my parent’s house in Arkansas where I have been staying with my dad since my mom’s unexpected passing at the end of February. I just finished listening to the sermon from my home church, and I’m contemplating the words I heard […]

by Linda

Reflections of Proverbs 23, Day 10

You anoint my head with oil. In “A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23,” W. Phillip Keller shares that in the summer highlands, the warm weather brings out all types of insects that bother sheep. Different types of flies will go right up their noses to lay their eggs. If you’ve ever had a gnat fly […]

by Linda

A Reflection of Psalm 23, Day 3

He Makes Me Lie Down in Green Pastures My children’s Bible had a picture of a shepherd reclining against a tree and his sheep laying in lush grass all around. It is what I think of when I recite Psalm 23. I think I developed this idea that sheep lay around a lot, but according […]

by Linda

Conquering Inadequacy; When You Feel Like You Don’t Do Enough

One of the things that I love about the Bible is that if we examine it closely, it is rich with examples that are relevant to our daily lives and relationships. My recent study has been in Philippians, and something that jumped out at me was the story of Epaphroditus. The church in Philippi sent […]

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Ephesians Chapter 2, verses 11-22

“Building on the Corner Stone,” This is my journal of Ephesians 2:11-22. God’s word is so complete, and my notes are not. I know the next time I go through these verses that I will notice something new. I’m reading from the New American Standard Bible and am using the lexicon from blueletterbible.org. The link […]