Hallmark Can't Beat This

When it comes to words of love, I don't think anything a Hallmark writer will ever put to paper can top what Paul wrote nearly 2,000 years ago.

Love is patient,
Love is kind.
It does not envy,
It does not boast,
It is not proud.
It is not rude,
It is not self-seeking,
It is not easily angered,
It keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil
But rejoices with the truth.
It always protects,
Always trusts,
Always hopes,
Always perseveres.
Love never fails.


~ 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

How To Pray For My Husband

This was sent to me over the summer, and I found it in my drafts. Thought I'd finally share!

How To Pray For My Husband
Head To Toe!


His Head –That he will look to You as Lord of his life. (1 Corinthians 11:13)

His Mind - That he will have the mind of Christ and think as the Holy Spirit would lead him and not the flesh. (1 Corinthians 2:16)

His Eyes –That You will keep his eyes from temptation and that he will turn his eyes from sin. (Matthew 6:13, Mark 9:47)

His Ears - That he will hear Your still small voice instructing him. (1 Kings 19:12, Psalm 32:8)

His Mouth – That his words will be pleasing to You. (Proverbs 19:14)

His Neck –That he will humble himself before You and be strong, courageous, and careful to do everything written in Your Word so that he will be prosperous and successful. (James 4:10, Joshua 1:8-9)

His Heart-That he will love and trust You with his whole heart. (Deuteronomy 6;5, Proverbs 3:5)

His Arms-That You will be his strength. (Psalm 73:26)

His Hands-That he will enjoy the work of his hands and see it as a gift from You. (Ecclesiastes 3:13, 5:19)

His feet – That You will order his steps and that he will walk in Your truth. (Proverbs 4:25, Psalm 26:3)

The Woman at the Well

If you're going to start a blog, you need a name. After some consideration, I decided that since I relate so well to a particular story in the Bible, I would use that as my inspiration. I think a lot of us can relate to the Samaritan woman who Jesus spoke to at the well.

(Just a little history here, the Samaritans are a mixed race from the Old Testament days. When Israel was conquered and the enemy moved in, they married Jews and the result was the Samaritans. The Samaritans were despised by the Jewish people. Rather than walk through their region, Jewish people would take the long, difficult way around. To interact with them was to become unclean. So when Jesus, a Jew, not only chose to walk straight through Samaria, but to also talk to a Samaritan WOMAN, this was seriously frowned upon.)

When we read about this Samaritan woman in John 4, we find out that she was married and divorced 5 times, and was currently living with a man who she was not married to. After some conversation together, she comes to believe that Jesus is the Messiah they've heard about.

What speaks to me so deeply about this story is that Jesus doesn't ignore or scorn this woman "livin' in sin"; he doesn't even tell her to go get her life straightened out first or kick the Significant Other to the curb. There is no laundry list of requirements I need to complete to have Jesus accept my trust and faith. He accepts the Samaritan woman's faith in him as the Messiah and sends her on her way to tell others in her village, so why not me too?

So, there are no prerequisites to believing in and accepting the one and only true God. He accepts me right where I'm at. I found this quite liberating.....you mean I don't have to get my life all polished up first?? It was one of those right-here-right-now deals. The beautiful thing is that over time, I began to change and move in positive directions as I allowed the Spirit of God to work in me.

And that's the story that inspired the naming of my blog.