Many years ago I was given a freshwater pearl necklace. I was amazed at the different shape each one had. While it wasn’t the most expensive type of pearl, it’s beauty fascinated me. Because of the person who gave it to me, it became priceless and most cherished among my jewelry. Why do I mention…

Have you ever felt you didn’t measure up or perhaps you struggled with self-worth? It can be easy to do when we look around and see others with “better” jobs, nicer houses, kids who behave better or are smarter. The world plays the comparison game and it’s easy to succumb to it. Oh, but God…

Treasures! What do you most treasure? This week let’s focus on treasures in our lives. Even amid grief, when we purposefully look for blessings (or treasures) they are among us. I’ve shared about losses. What has helped me move forward in my grief journey has been the treasured promises in scripture of God’s faithful presence…

Wow! There are times Moses makes me wonder what was going through his mind. From the scriptures in Exodus, we know Moses was tasked with a big job, but then so are we. Moses was to bring the chosen people of God to the land God had promised.  We are to bring all people to…

Decisions, decisions. We make so many decisions, often without really thinking about them. Most of us can probably think back on a decision we made that, in retrospect, was not the best one we ever made. We might even say, “Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time!”  Our “aha” for this week…

Have you ever found a story in the Bible that fascinated, frightened, and brought joy to your heart all at the same time? When I was a young girl, my Sunday school teacher described the night of the Passover to our class. After four hundred-plus years of slavery under the whip of the Egyptians, I…

WOW! Have you ever refused to entertain a different idea? We continue our Lenten journey through Exodus with “aha” moments; verses that jump out or cause extensive pondering and prayer for clarification. This week’s “aha” takes us on a wild ride through the plagues. Water to blood, frogs, and gnats, Flies, dead livestock, and boils,…

Have you ever gotten someone in trouble? Maybe it wasn’t intentional. Maybe it was. For whatever reason it came about, it resulted in punishment for the person. What did you feel at the time? Justified or remorseful? This week we continue our Lenten journey through Exodus. Last week we looked at a profound question the…

The year? 1969. The place? San Bernadino, CA. Who? A somewhat petrified college student. What? Challenged to accomplish a task very unfamiliar to her. You probably guessed that college student was me, totally out of my comfort zone, much like Moses was when God told him to go back to Egypt (see last week’s blog…

Have you ever been told to do something you didn’t want to do? I remember well telling our children to clean their rooms or do another task and having either a look or words to the effect of, “But, I don’t want to.” Some grace was usually given for the assigned time to complete the…