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    20/20 Wrong Sight

    Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here!” Then Peter called to him, “Lord, if it’s really you, tell me to come to you, walking on the water.” “Yes, come,” Jesus said. So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus.  But when he…

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    One of THOSE Days

     There is never a warning to prepare you ahead of time.  In the  movies the music becomes ominous, the camera angles become tighter and as a result your whole body tenses up in anticipation of what is about to happen.  But in reality the day starts like any other day.  The alarm clock sounds just the same.  You follow…

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    Break My Plans … Still

    Wednesday morning I posted an entry about praying that God would break my plans. Break my plans; shape my heart. Take my will to where you are. Move my mind through you Word. Till all that I am lives to love you, Lord. Within mere minutes a severe thunderstorm ripped through the metro area and left damage in its…

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    Break My Plans; Shape My Heart

    Wow! What a magnificent Easter service we had at Valleydale Sunday morning! Personally, I had never heard of the singing group This Hope before, but I am extremely thankful that I know about them now. It was evident from the very start they didn’t come to entertain us; they came to bring us a message. That message has reverberated…

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    Didn’t I Tell You?

    Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believed?”     John 11: 40 I was 5 when my little sister was born. And I was 6 when she died. Kandi Ann Perky was born on May 20, 1966 with cancer and died nine long, excruciating months later.  I was so young I…

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    Be Careful What You Pray For. . .

    They told him, “Lord, come and see.” Then Jesus wept. John 11:34b-35 It has been said, and with good reason, be careful what you pray for because you just might get it. We have read over and over in our First 15 where Jesus promised that God does, indeed, hear our prayers and answer them. If ever I needed…