Amour Thana Conqueror

I don’t know about you, but the last season (at least three years) has been like living through blight and drought. A few weeks ago, a friend on FB made a post about Wheat and Tares that has served as a spark to relight my fire. Gratefully, this friend is allowing me to include what he wrote in a post of my own — NOT this one, I’m still working on that one; it’s the hardest story I’ve ever had to…

I was working on files tonight, trying to reconstruct my art files from The Great Computer Disaster of 2020 and came across this painting from 2016, a year when I had LOTS of time to paint. Whom Shall I Send? Seeing this painting again reminded me of the first time I surrendered completely to the Lord and said, “Here am I, Lord. Send me” Boy, did He! It seems a lifetime ago — more than 30…

Probably catch a lot of grief for this one, but oh well.

Things are getting dark out there, so I want to give you all a little bit of unasked for wisdom and advice. This subject has come up in my newsfeed on Facebook a couple of times and it’s finally time to address it because I hear and see so much of the world in the church these…

This is a short post – to make up for another book-length one that’s still in process! Anyway, it’s been a hard couple of weeks, but I’ve been pressing forward in what God has given me to do. Did I mention that it’s been incredibly difficult??? There have been some little surprises and encouragements along the way; I’m grateful. Sometimes, the seemingly inconsequential things have the biggest…

The Gray Martyrdom by Qualia Dodgson

A ferny-plant clinging tenaciously to the drilled rock wall in The Rocks of Sydney

Yes, it ALWAYS feels like blog-cheating when your reblog someone else’s writing; however, this important piece of writing by my oldest was the key that I needed to move forward this last few weeks. I’m not just being dramatic. I desperately NEEDED to hear this Truth from her own lips and in her own…

I Think We’re all Gideon

to some degree. I found this in an online Bible study recently and it spoke to me, so I’m sharing it with you:

Out of the Shadows  

I cannot even begin to tell you how many times I’ve brushed past God’s exclamations of His view of me. Sometimes, instead of acting in a way that is congruent with what He says, I casually dismiss it as something that might be true for others but not for me.…

Waiting – The Service Of

Our carnally-minded brains have a difficult time grasping that waiting can actually be a form of service.

There are those of us who like to serve others, like to serve the Lord; admittedly, it’s been a long road to come to that place for me. I was (and can still be in the natural) very self-focused, self-indulgent and lazy.

I’ve grown since the days of my Rebellion and my self indulgences…

He knows our pain.

He is despised and rejected by men,

​​A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.​​

And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;

​​He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

It is enough for the student to be as his teacher; never forget that He bore our griefs and sorrows.

“It’s the power to do what is right…” Michael Card

Things We Leave Behind Michael Card There sits Simon, so foolishly wise proudly he’s tending his nets Then Jesus calls, and the boats drift away all that he owns he forgets More than the nets he abandoned that day, he found that his pride was soon drifting away It’s hard to imagine the…

I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.

Psalm 40:8

A few days ago, I was pondering this verse and it was like the word “delight” was totally spotlighted for me. “i DELIGHT to do your will, o god.” DELIGHT Then I began to ask, “Do I REALLY delight to do His will??? “

Truthfully?

I aspire to. I actually thought I was getting closer to doing it, but today? No…

At the end of the day…

This so perfectly sums up what’s been on my heart since I began to address how the church in Manhattan responded to us that I just need to repost it here; Oswald is much more eloquent. You’re welcome! 🙂

The Divine Commandment of Life From My Utmost for His Highest By Oswald Chambers

…be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. —Matthew 5:48 Our Lord’s exhortation to us in Matthew…

Our provision comes from His promises.

I don’t just want to focus on our hunt for bread, rest or shelter from the elements in an inhospitable city; those things are necessary for life, but man does NOT live by bread alone, but by EVERY word that proceeds from the mouth of God. That’s what Jesus said and I cling to His promises, more than my necessary food.

For years, I have been collecting…

Sometimes Jesus Grants Us a Do-Over

My dad went to be with Jesus in 1988. It’s been a LONG time since I’ve seen his face or held his hand.

Last fall, I had one of the most vivid and real-feeling dreams I’ve ever had. It was about him. I was with my parents at my childhood home. I didn’t see my mom, but knew she was there. Dad had, apparently, had another heart attack that left him unconscious and unresponsive; somehow I knew my…

REMEMBERING

My recollections of the earlier days in the city are pretty hazy. I actually did a LOT of drawing during that period; days turned into weeks and then months. It pretty much sucked. All the time. There wasn’t much else I was able to do; I couldn’t really focus enough to read. And sleeping in our daytime “office” was a definite No-No that could get us kicked out. SO, drawing was…

A. W. Tozer Sermon: It May Not Be Convenient

What must our Lord think of us if His work and His witness depend upon the convenience of His people? The truth is that every advance that we make for God and for His cause must be made at our inconvenience. If it does not inconvenience us at all, there is no cross in it! If we have been able to reduce spirituality to a smooth pattern and it costs us nothing–no disturbance, no bother and no…

Trouble is a Messenger by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman

“My Father is the husbandman” (John 15:1).

It is comforting to think of trouble, in whatever form it may come to, us, as a heavenly messenger, bringing us something from God. In its earthly aspect it may seem hurtful, even destructive; but in its spiritual out-working it yields blessing. Many of the richest blessings which have come down to us from the past are the fruit of sorrow or pain. We…

For 16 months I lived as a homeless person among the homeless of New York City. How I got there and why I stayed for so long is a bit complicated, but it was very similar to Jesus going to the cross. He knew He came to the earth to die. I think this was revealed to Him over time and that He probably didn’t really “get” the full depth of it until certain circumstances presented themselves. People…