Wonderful Counselor

Even though I love being a professional counselor, I would dread every session if it weren’t for the fact that I belong to the Wonderful Counselor. Let me explain. My job is to sit, hour upon hour, with people who are hurting. To be honest, much of the time, I...

Recipe For Sanctification

In honor of the upcoming holiday season, I’m serving up a delicious recipe for family conflict. Enjoy! Take one heaping serving of family members who have avoided each other for the past 12 months. Add in a dash of unresolved baggage that has been pushed under...

Impatient

And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from...

Near To Us

So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave...

Steadfast Love Is With Us

Genesis 39:21 tells us, “But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love.” This steadfast love is the Hebrew word hesed, one of the most beautiful words I have ever known. When I see that word, my heart jumps and tears sting my eyes. Truly....