Posts with the category “trusting-god”

We’ve been exploring Psalm 23 and the rich image it presents of shepherds and sheep. In the first four verses, David describes what a good shepherd does for his sheep. He provides everything they need...  Read More

We’ve been looking at Psalm 23 in which King David writes about God as our Shepherd. In verses 3 and 4, David reflects on how the Lord leads us.He guides me along the right pathsfor his name’s sake.Ev...  Read More

Probably the most well-known of all the Psalms is Psalm 23 that speaks of God being our Shepherd. It was written by King David, who himself had cared for his family’s sheep in the early part of his li...  Read More

There have been several times in my life when I’ve stepped out in obedience to the Lord, acting on something I believed He has said to me, only to have things occur that I really wasn’t expecting. And...  Read More

Some of the doors God opens are surprising to me. I regularly visit men in a maximum-security prison, where I have the privilege of sharing from God’s Word during chapel meetings. Over the months we’v...  Read More

There are times in life when we find ourselves up against things we would far rather not face; and when that happens we may struggle to understand God’s purposes. God has really spoken to me about how...  Read More

My husband and I enjoyed many safaris together while we lived in Africa. We had a four-wheel-drive vehicle; we had all the necessary gear for such excursions (tents and coolers and cookstoves and such...  Read More

There is an old saying in various parts of the world that “An east wind blows no good.” An “east wind” has become something almost synonymous with hardships, storms and trouble of the worst kind. Rema...  Read More

God often directly intervenes in the lives of His people when they begin to praise Him. Remember Paul and Silas in Philippi? We learn in Acts 16 that after casting a demon out of an abused young slave...  Read More

We’ve all been there, haven’t we? Life is good. Plans are on track…it looks like we might even finally get ahead a bit. Then something we didn’t anticipate arises and we are brought up short. Stopped ...  Read More