It Could Happen
My family calls our home Still Waters Ranch, and there’s definitely no place like home. Miracles happen here. God showed up poolside the day after my CPA prayed with me for financial breakthrough. I had grabbed my Bible and journal out of the basket alongside the recliner where I usually spend time with God, and […]
Which comes first, the gifting or the gift?
God knows which translation to use to make His point when He speaks from the pages of His Word. God recently used three different versions of Proverbs 18:16 to speak to me. I heard from the New King James Version first. It happened in a meeting with my CPA, Claudia. We met to discuss changes […]
How to Find Rest for Your Soul
A word dropped into my spirit recently while I was crying out to God. Rest. I balked. That word could not possibly be the answer to my prayer. Rest? No. My situation demanded action. I pleaded with God. “Please tell me what to do.” Rest. How could I possibly rest? I needed God’s marching orders. […]
Making Something Out of Nothing
Old miracles are great to hear about too! My friend Carrie wrote those encouraging words on one of the pages I took to my most recent writers’ critique group. She’d penned her words in red in response to a comment in my previous post lamenting the fact my quest for Mid-Week Miracle content had led […]
Super Random By Design
I’ve learned to expect “super random” with God. God has a way of showing up at unexpected times in unpredictable ways. That’s precisely why I could see His hand at play when I received a text recently from a friend of my son. The darling young woman, who I rarely see, let alone text, opened […]
Armchair Prayers
God used my old “armchair parent” story recently to encourage me in an unexpected way. A few weeks ago, I spent a glorious weekend at the beach with a group of my closest girlfriends and my sister. All but one had heard about the time my daughter’s former principal called me an armchair parent. My newest […]
Eleventh Hour God
Have you ever given God an ultimatum? I only did it because I was desperate. My husband, Steve, was not convinced God would be okay with my ultimatum. Until I quoted the scripture that kept running over and over in my head. Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will […]
When Reversal is Moving Forward
Husbands and wives need to be on the same page, right? Soon after our son’s April wedding, Steve and I finally agreed to move forward with downsizing. If you read last week’s What Happened in April, you may have followed the link to a July 2021 post about the magnet on my refrigerator that says, […]
What Happened in April?
Do you like it when God tells you to wait? I guarantee that at least 99 times out of 100, I’m not happy about it. I wrote about one of the rare times I welcomed waiting in my July 2021 post, When God Laughs. I told the story of delaying our decision to downsize, but […]
Milestones and Miracle Markers
The 150th episode of the Believe & Speak podcast posted today. Click to listen. For months leading up to the January 1, 2020 launch of my podcast, God kept after me to begin podcasting regularly. I’d been consumed with feelings of inadequacy, and the prospect of writing and recording enough episodes to release a new one […]
