Reflections of Grace 142: Ministering Spirits
Many years ago I heard a message about how the angels of God are there to do our bidding. God didn’t leave us powerless. Are they not all ministering spirits…
Reflections of Grace 141: Praying Like a Drunken Woman
“Hannah kept wailing even when Eli the priest mistook her for a drunk and questioned her sincerity. She simply set the record straight by telling him, ‘I have been praying…
Reflections of Grace 140: Is Faith Our Reality?
Many years ago I worked as a Medical Staff Coordinator in the Administrative Department of our local hospital. I had worked my way up from the Cardiovascular Department to the…
Reflections of Grace 139: The Spiritual Application of Falling Into a Hole
Greg was so excited about taking me out with him on a trip to the Trinity Alps of California in the fall of that year. We parked alongside a dry riverbed with…
Reflections of Grace 138: Relating to Mary
The virgin birth of Jesus touches me in a very female way in relating to sweet Mary as a mother. Any mother beholding those scenes of recent Jesus movies of…
Reflections of Grace: Put Your Basket in the Water (Christian Parenting)
I used to agonize over how my children and grandchildren would turn out. When I saw them making poor choices I would try to ‘fix it’ for them so they…
Reflections of Grace 136: Controlling Outcomes
I created pictures of my situations in life in my mind that were not reality and I lived that way off and on until only just recently. I thought I had…
Reflections of Grace 134: Toxic “Christians”
Have you ever been deeply disillusioned by someone whom you thought was a friend but turned out to be a controller or manipulator and when you didn’t comply with their…
Reflections of Grace 133: Those Spiritual Black Holes
Have you ever had a time when you felt like you were in a spiritual black hole? I have. The pressure seemed unbearable. No sense of God‘s presence. No sense of…
Reflections of Grace 132: Can I Consider It Pure Joy?
Feeling sorry for myself one day, I started asking myself some hard questions. Have I been caught up in looking at the depth of pain and the depth of trials…