A Little Oil Read: Luke 8: 16-18 “Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Those who have will be given more; as for those who do not have, even what they think they have will be taken from them” (Luke 8:18NIV). Spring rains began recently in our part of the country. As I looked out the… Continue reading A LITTLE OIL
Category: Prayer
ANSWERED PRAYERS
Answered Prayers by Katrina Kaczmarek (reprinted with permission from (jn)courage) I am writing today from my chemotherapy chair. It is 2:15 and I have been here getting my juice since 8:00 this morning, but you know what? It is a beautiful day! I met a new patient. I see him every Thursday when here, he… Continue reading ANSWERED PRAYERS
HELP
There have been times that I don’t know what or how to pray – but I do cry HELP. Read my post from Under the Cover of Prayer, called HELP. Have a great Tuesday. Jan
PRAYERS TO CALM THE STORM
Prayers to Calm the Storm by Shannon Leibold I awaken in the middle of the night to a room continually flickering. Lightening flashes incessantly across the night sky revealing ominous clouds and swirling formations. I lay still, holding my breath, until moments later my husband begins to stir, awakened by the same angry flashes. The… Continue reading PRAYERS TO CALM THE STORM
SIMPLY SATURDAY – Wonder
Simply Saturday – Wonder Piggy-backing on The Gypsy Mama’s post from yesterday – Topic: Wonder I have five minutes to write about “wonder”. Here goes: I always wonder about the Holy Spirit. I think of how incredibly wonderful it is that we can feel and know God through the Holy Spirit. Forty days after Jesus… Continue reading SIMPLY SATURDAY – Wonder
H.E.L.P.
H.E.L.P. by Jan Cox “Help!” That’s the cry that escapes my lips when I lift up anything confusing, upsetting or unsettling to God. I find I cry this often – so often that I have made an acronym to remember that I am not crying out an empty plea but that my plea has… Continue reading H.E.L.P.
FOOD FROM THE FIELD
Food from the Field Yesterday I had the privilege and pleasure to pick up my first foodbox of the harvest. I joined a food farm co-operative this summer and each week we receive a portion of the bounty from the fields. When we arrived at the farm we couldn’t locate the farmer (it was our… Continue reading FOOD FROM THE FIELD
PRAYER OF QUIET OR SIMPLICITY
Prayer of Quiet or Simplicity by Judith Lawrence Jesus said, “When you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private” Matt 6:6a (New Living Translation). “Out of the deliberate practice of loving attention to God, the contemplative glides on to a plane of perception for… Continue reading PRAYER OF QUIET OR SIMPLICITY
TETHERED TO GOD
Tethered to God A little while ago we took our grandchildren to their other grandparents. My son-in-law had carefully moved the two car seats from the family car to our truck. It took him quite awhile to get the seats in place. When they were strongly tethered in, we took off. The drive went well;… Continue reading TETHERED TO GOD
SIMPLY SATURDAY – Write!Canada
Simply Saturday On Saturdays I write for only 5 minutes – the topic today is Write!Canada. Write!Canada At the time of your reading this post I will be on the last day of my writers’ conference, Write!Canada held in Guelph, Ontario. I have attended this conference for the past seven years and each year get… Continue reading SIMPLY SATURDAY – Write!Canada