2018-08-16 16:46
Dark Vs. Light I had no idea that a humble can of paint could have a profound spiritual application until I repainted our master bathroom. Our house is as old as I am (we won’t mention… Read More
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2018-07-10 18:22
Welcome to the third installment of the Extraordinary People series – inspiring stories of people who have allowed our extraordinary God to use them in extraordinary ways. I have… Read More
2018-06-30 04:52
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” Henry David Thoreau, Walden Expectations – Fairy Tale or Epic Fail? Expectations: the happiness police of our inter… Read More
2018-06-14 21:00
An oral surgeon was in the middle of a two-week raft trip down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon in Arizona when disaster struck. He and two other men were on the bank, getting their 18… Read More
2018-05-23 17:36
The Most Important Job Have you ever thought that as a believer, your main job is to believe? Not a one-time act of saving belief, but the ongoing work of continuing to believe in every situ… Read More
2018-05-18 18:54
The Roller Coaster Life is like a roller coaster. Sometimes we’re at the top, teetering breathlessly on the brink of a heart-stopping dive we hope to come out of with hair still on our… Read More
2018-05-12 04:30
What Lies Are You Believing? Brian Tracy, keynote speaker, business consultant, and top-selling author of over 70 books says: “95% of your emotions are determined by the way you… Read More
2018-05-05 23:29
Relentless Have you ever been relentlessly pursued? Whether by the IRS, an overzealous salesperson, a prospective lover, or flashing lights in the rearview mirror as you sped down the freewa… Read More
2018-04-29 03:21
The Benefits of Being Dead Have you tried it lately? Being dead, that is. It actually has a lot going for it. You can always tell who the dead ones are: they’re the happy ones. You see… Read More
2018-04-12 22:30
How To Have Hope That Survives Your Worst Day Ever “They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope f… Read More
2018-03-28 19:38
The Stigma of Standing (Around) Have you noticed that we tend to view people who are just standing around with suspicion? We may have ideas such as “loitering” and “up to n… Read More
2018-03-14 20:09
The Importance of Today What does your today look like? Work, school, shopping? Errands and appointments? Possibly it will contain a combination those items with a few others sprinkled in fo… Read More
2018-03-09 01:20
What to Do When You Feel Unworthy of God’s Love We all have days when we feel like utter failures. Perhaps nothing seems to be going right in our lives, or perhaps, in a moment of weak… Read More
2018-03-03 02:54
A Time For New Growth The exhilarating month of March has arrived, bringing with it the promise of Spring. After an unusually harsh winter for South Texas, I am ready for the change of seaso… Read More
2018-02-23 03:25
With Jesus – Called, Appointed, Sent “Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to Him those He wanted, and they came to Him. He appointed twelve – designating them apostl… Read More
2018-02-15 21:50
Happy Valentine’s Week, everyone! We all have a need to be recognized as special and chosen. Valentine’s Day may have provided such an experience for some of us, while for others… Read More
2018-02-06 19:53
The Problem: Running on Empty How is the pace of your life affecting you? I would be willing to bet that you, like a myriad of your peers, have commented that it sure isn’t slowing dow… Read More
2018-01-25 20:04
Promise Reader or Promise Reaper? What is God calling you to this year? Into what new territory is He leading you? Will you be able to make the advances He’s asking you to make? A good… Read More
2018-01-17 07:30
A Day at the Forge Last weekend, my family and I said goodbye to our normal Saturday activities, donned safety glasses, work belts and hammers and drove to an open forge event hosted by our… Read More
2018-01-10 20:15
January – A Season of Grace There seems to be a special grace in the month of January – a brief period between the boxing up of the Christmas decorations and the head-first plung… Read More
2017-12-20 19:08
I can hardly believe Christmas is almost here. I feel like I have just emerged from a whirlwind of school, shopping, soccer tournaments, and sickness and have been deposited, right-side-up a… Read More
2017-11-17 20:24
What’s Faith Got to Do With It? Is there a connection between our faith and gratitude? What does faith have to do with our ability to be grateful? Most of us understand that gratitude… Read More
2017-11-10 22:07
Some of you may have seen the turkey meme going around Facebook that says “Back off, Santa! This is my month.” Sandwiched between the more profitable Halloween and the mega-fest… Read More
2017-11-05 19:52
the Life Hack That Brings Light I love learning simple solutions that are immediately useful and actually make a difference in my daily existence, don’t you? I recently learned that on… Read More
2017-10-27 22:33
We Will Find What We Look For…Is What We’re Looking For Worth Finding? Nothing seemed to be going well, and my attitude matched the glowering sky, darkened by clouds that threat… Read More
2017-10-18 19:41
You Can’t Use a Sword That’s Not With You One of my two sweet sisters-in-law gave me a bottle of pepper spray two weeks ago. She knows I have a crazy schedule that involves being… Read More
2017-10-13 17:01
Are You Using the Shield of Faith? Having the Right Tool is good Having the proper tool for a job is a wonderful thing. If one must chop down a tree, a pencil sharpener won’t be of muc… Read More
2017-09-14 16:37
If you have been watching the news, you have probably been stunned by the plethora of natural disasters around the world. Floods, fires, and earthquakes seem to be slamming into our comfort… Read More
2017-09-02 19:23
The Aftermath This has been one of the craziest weeks of my life. I have had the extremely bittersweet privilege of walking alongside dear friends whose private preschool, Foundations Academ… Read More
2017-08-25 22:47
“Rejoice.” Has that Scriptural command ever seemed like so much pie in the sky to you, too? Even if all is well in our own private world with health, finances, and relationships… Read More
2017-08-19 20:06
THE LONG WAIT We do it in line at the post office, in traffic, while our kids hunt for their shoes, and at doctor appointments. My mom recently had to do it for 14 long days in August in the… Read More
2017-08-12 17:12
An Ancient Problem of Epic Proportions Ever been somewhere physically, but your heart and thoughts wandered far, far away? You gave yourself credit for being there in the church service, or… Read More
2017-08-04 19:02
Monday brought a sense of relief with it. I’ve always been a fan of Mondays – something about the fresh start to a new week appeals to me. Maybe that makes me a Monday Nerd, but… Read More
2017-07-28 19:03
The Law of the Harvest She could so easily have given up and gone back home. Things didn’t go as planned, and now she was a young grieving widow in a strange country with a 10-month-ol… Read More
2017-07-20 18:38
Laying the Path My family and I recently redid the path going from our driveway to the front entrance of our home. Bill, my husband, took our 11-year-old son to the local DIY store and cramm… Read More
2017-07-14 19:56
Final Words Have you ever had the sacred honor of being with someone as they made the transition to eternity? The last words a person utters before leaving this earth are generally considere… Read More
2017-07-07 18:34
How big of a role does guilt play in your life? I don’t mean the kind of guilt that normal (non-psychopath) people feel after doing something wrong. I mean the nebulous kind that… Read More
2017-06-30 14:31
Meet Barb Collver Nothing inspires me as much as a great story. Biographies have been a part of my reading life from way back in my Christian school days. We didn’t get a lot of Shakes… Read More
2017-06-23 19:27
Self-Deception is the Ultimate Deception There is no deception like self-deception. I guess that’s because no one is as happily gullible to my fabrications as I am. Sometimes I get mys… Read More
2017-06-16 20:16
The Anatomy of a Storm Storms. Unexpected tests we can’t cram for. They have the uncanny ability to reveal by our reaction what we have solidly attained thus far in our walk with the L… Read More
2017-06-09 18:23
Are You an Outlier? Dictionary.com defines “outlier” as: something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or… Read More
2017-06-02 16:32
My husband and I have a raised bed vegetable garden we hope will add some fresh, healthful, organically grown food to our table this summer. Lots of sunshine, daily inspections for pests, an… Read More
2017-05-26 19:19
The Worry Trap Opportunities to be ensnared by the worry trap present themselves daily at our doorstep. On the odd day that they don’t, we invent our own reasons to fret and lay awake… Read More
2017-05-20 03:07
It was an invitation not many would respond to with enthusiasm. And I can’t say that I blame them. When we receive an invitation, we typically expect it to correspond with some s… Read More
2017-05-13 16:56
It was only a documentary. I wasn’t prepared for the gut-wrenching trauma. I hadn’t even brought any tissue, for Heaven’s sake. But sitting in the theater with a friend, wa… Read More
2017-05-04 20:00
I have always thought it was the most tragic verse in Scripture. How could anyone see the extravagant, transforming power of God, and then instead of thanking Him, or asking Him for more, as… Read More
2017-04-28 19:27
You may not hear about it much on the mainstream news channels. Your church may not even be talking about it. If you live in America or another affluent Western nation, it’s all too ea… Read More
2017-04-25 20:37
The Beautiful Journey is guest posting today over at Joanna Mayes’ site, http://www.christianfreedom.life/! A giant “thank you” to Joanna for the privilege of ha… Read More
2017-04-22 07:00
Once when surf kayaking at the beach with my husband, my boat turned parallel with the shoreline as I sped towards the sand on the crest of a wave. Not a desirable situation! Even though it… Read More
2017-04-12 19:35
I’m so excited to get to introduce you all to my sweet blogging friend, Joanna Mayes! Joanna and I met in a Facebook group for bloggers, and it was one of those “God things… Read More
2017-04-07 18:11
We were sitting across the table from each other, but we may as well have been in two different restaurants. Something had come between us, and I was having a hard time feeling connected to… Read More
2017-04-06 15:59
Hey, Friends! Today a post from this blog is being featured over at the Pearls of Promise ministry website! You can go check it out here! Thanks so much… Read More
2017-03-31 19:34
Looking back over my journey with God, I can pinpoint one specific prayer that was a real game-changer. This one prayer marked the beginning of a shift and was a powerful catalyst that conti… Read More
2017-03-29 21:14
Hey, friends! Today my post “How to Change the World” is being featured over here by the great folks at Christian Devotions! Woo hoo! I would love it… Read More
2017-03-23 20:14
How’s your spiritual eyesight? Have you checked it lately? Just like our physical eyes change and require correction, the same is true for our spiritual eyes. They require periodic che… Read More
2017-03-20 19:42
When I saw this awesome personalized wood sign from Eccentric Designs, I knew I had to offer it as a giveaway here at The Beautiful Journey! All new subscribers between now and the end… Read More
2017-03-17 20:05
What do you suppose would happen in America if the lights went out? What would happen in other countries? My family is currently engrossed in a fictional book series about an EMP attack and… Read More
2017-03-08 18:18
God has a specific call on your life. How do you begin to see that call become reality?
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2017-03-04 16:50
Do you make this same mistake I sometimes do when approaching God? Sometimes I imagine that God is reluctant to my need, and that my prayer needs to be a catchy sales pitch to get Him… Read More
2017-03-04 16:50
Do you make this same mistake I sometimes do when approaching God? Sometimes I imagine that God is reluctant to my need, and that my prayer needs to be a catchy sales pitch to get Him… Read More
2017-02-24 20:19
They say that timing is everything. My cat, were she temporarily endowed with the gift of speech, would probably agree with that today. In one ill-timed moment, she learned what it means to… Read More
2017-02-24 20:19
They say that timing is everything. My cat, were she temporarily endowed with the gift of speech, would probably agree with that today. In one ill-timed moment, she learned what it means to… Read More
2017-02-14 17:52
When God says “No” to something I desperately want, I sometimes mistakenly think I might prefer a genie in a bottle. Bound to my every wish and compelled to act on my behalf. Eve… Read More
2017-02-14 17:52
Some days I wonder if I might prefer a genie in a bottle. Bound to my every wish and compelled to act on my behalf. Ever felt that way when surrounded by the needs of others (or… Read More
2017-02-06 18:20
I told myself I was going to start watching my carbs again. It sounded like a great plan at 8 in the morning, when I hadn’t even gotten hungry yet. But late at night I was… Read More
2017-02-06 18:20
I told myself I was going to start watching my carbs again. It sounded like a great plan at 8 in the morning, when I hadn’t even gotten hungry yet. But late at night I was… Read More
2017-01-30 18:19
You are sitting at your computer, desperately trying to finish up an overdue work project. Or balancing the checkbook, or trying to finally get some writing or studying done. You… Read More
2017-01-24 18:20
Don’t you love a happy ending? I feel robbed somehow after spending my time on a book or movie that doesn’t end well! My family and I were recently utterly underwhelmed by… Read More
2017-01-16 19:28
My son surprised me last night by asking me if there is human life on other planets. I was already more than half-asleep and certainly not expecting a late-night discussion on the prob… Read More
2017-01-04 19:16
Today, January 4th, 2017 is a very special day. It is the 40th birthday of my beautiful friend and missionary to Ireland, Kendra Baird. Happy birthday, Kendra!! Even on her… Read More
2016-12-14 18:28
Funny how two words of Scripture, read countless times over the years, suddenly and unexpectedly jump off the page, alive with new significance. I wonder how many times I have read the… Read More
2016-12-09 17:24
The middle of December! I feel like I blinked, and the sand in the hourglass of 2016 has almost run out. Before the final grain is gone, I wanted to say “Merry Christmas!&r&hell…Read More
2016-03-17 20:38
A dear friend of mine recently told our family a story from her childhood as we sat together around our kitchen table, enjoying a variety of desserts, strong coffee, and games. She sha… Read More
2016-02-14 23:05
C.S. Lewis in his renowned book, Mere Christianity, talks about a person’s walk with God beginning with dismay, not comfort. Not a comforting thought, is it? We so often want to soft-s… Read More
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