I have a special guest blogger this week. Micah Maddox is a conference speaker, Bible teacher, writer, blogger, and author of Anchored In: Experience a Power-Full Life in a Problem-Filled World. She is passionate about helping women find purpose, peace, and calm in our chaotic world. Micah is a pastor’s wife and mother of three. Her prayer is that you will be encouraged. The link to her website is micahmaddox.com Micah’s topic for this week is: “Cancer Changes Us.” Life is a roller coaster. Cancer takes the ride to a whole new level. Just when you think the ride is Read More
Tag: peace
Hope Found in the Chaos
Because of the recent tragedy in Las Vegas, I am posting a most insightful article by Casey Schutrop of WOW Ministries International – Hope Found in the Chaos TRAGEDY AND TRAUMA Still fresh, the day after the flood of news of the largest mass-shooting on U.S. soil, when the gates of hell rained open fire on people, the shock and ‘angst’ was growing within me. Hurting deeply for the lives lost, the injured and the families affected, my thoughts went to the ripple-effect of this tragedy as I tried to wrap my head around it – when our daily calendars Read More
the Gazelle and the Lion
I read that every morning in Africa a gazelle awakes knowing it must run faster than the fastest lion or will be killed. And every morning a lion awakes knowing it must run faster that the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. Whether a gazelle or a lion, when the sun comes up, it’d better be running! We can learn a lesson from the gazelle and the lion – if you are not running to the Lord, the devil is stalking you. 1 Peter 5:8 says, “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a Read More