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I like to read a chapter from Proverbs every day after I pull into the parking lot at work and before all the business. On the fifteenth I read Proverbs 15, and I was reminded of a great truth about our perspective. Proverbs 15:15 says, “All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is…

Proverbs 14:1 “The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.” (ESV) When I read this verse I see both a physical and metaphorical example. Physically, someone who is wise will take time to build a house. She will put in the effort and work required to finish.…

There is an exposed root in the middle of my path! As I approached it I was very careful not to trip. Then I began to think about what God could teach through this root. Sin and iniquity hide in our lives are like this root. They seem small but the danger is real and…

“Dad took the wrong turn! We are going to get lost!” my sister cried from the back seat of the car. “Babe, we are following Dad,” I told her, “and if Dad gets lost so will we. But we are doing this together.” This was a brief conversation on our way home from Texas one…

Sometimes, as a child, it is hard to comprehend the danger around you. I used to run barefoot across the yard because I did not want to take the time to put on shoes. What good did they really do? After you walk into an anthill filled with those red little fire ants, you realize…

I was at a Women’s Conference where Hagelbooks’ author, Julie Hagel, was speaking. Julie discussed the importance of allowing God to write our stories. As she spoke, she touched the difference between Peter and Judas and their reactions to their denial and betrayal of Christ. Peter, when he messed up, was sorrowful and, in repentance,…

Galatians 6:14-15“But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision not uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.” I just finished a study on the book of Galatians.…

I was studying 1 Timothy 2 with a friend. After study we talked about what I had done on my day off, and I mentioned I did laundry with Jesus in the afternoon. We laughed and smiled at how it sounded. But we also realized the importance of “doing the laundry with Jesus.”It is the…

“Keep your eyes on the prize,” is what I told myself as we went running today. My legs hurt, my feet hurt, and I would have preferred to be walking instead of running. However, in order to push myself to grow in strength and endurance, I need to run. Often in life, we become easily…

When my sister and I go running in the mornings, we run up the road and back down again with some walking spurts in-between. This gives us time to talk and reflect. During one of our walking sections the other week, I began looking at the power poles that line the road bringing electricity to…