by Melinda | Jan 26, 2016 | Disappointment, Grief, Hard Times, Heart talk, Hope, Life on the Rock, Obedience, Prayer, Thankfulness, Trust and Obey, Under His Wings
Sometimes you pray, and pray, and pray, and then you pray some more. You throw yourself down, face to the carpet, begging God for the deepest desire of your heart, crying what seem like tears of blood into the fibers that brush your face. You ask others to pray...
by Melinda | Nov 14, 2015 | Fear, He's Bigger than Me, Hope, Life on the Rock, My Country, Prayer, Trust, Uncategorized
I woke up to an update on last night’s events in Paris, with ISIS accepting responsibility for the attacks that killed over 100 people and injured many more. In a statement calling the act “blessed,” they claimed it was the “first of the...
by Melinda | Nov 8, 2015 | God in the Everyday, Hope for the Trail, Listen and Learn, My Man, Obedience, Prayer, Reaching Out, Texas, Thankfulness, Travel
I’m in Fredericksburg, Texas this cold, rainy morning, in a little cottage in the middle of nowhere. Which, of course, equates to no wifi, hence the typing on my phone. Fredericksburg is one of our very favorite places. We return here again and again when...
by Melinda | Jan 4, 2015 | He's Bigger than Me, His Words, Life on the Rock, Prayer, Trust and Obey, Working Out Faith
Every Sunday around here is for His words instead of mine. Sometimes a new year finds you facing down big decisions, or new opportunities. If that’s you, this year, He has something to say about that. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God,...
by Melinda | Nov 14, 2014 | About Me, Disappointment, Free Indeed, Get Real, Hard Times, Heart talk, Listen and Learn, Love Free, Prayer, Relationship, Truth
Sometimes you receive news that makes you disappointed. Sometimes the news is just another in a series of disappointments that originate from one particular person, but it seems like a deeper blow somehow. Like the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s...
by Melinda | Jul 27, 2014 | His Words, Prayer
Every Sunday around here is for His Words instead of mine. Does the subject of prayer confound you? Why should you pray? How should you? He has something to say about that (and you’ll find a couple of different translations of the Lord’s Prayer than...
