Tag: Trials

Faith Is Sight for the Seeing and the Blind

I think that eyesight is one of the best of our senses. It allows us to see the smile on a little child’s face as they play, the beautiful color of flowers in bloom, and the majesty of an eagle soaring in the sky. We...

Journey to the Mountain of God

Today I’m sharing another of my favorite Third Day songs. It’s called Mountain of God from their 2005 Wherever You Are CD. There are actually a lot of great songs on this CD, but this one really speaks to me. What I like about this...

Enduring Trials with Christ

I had the song I was going to write about for Music Monday today all planned out. It’s another of my favorite Third Day songs called 40 Days. It’s a song that I quoted in my Thankful Thursday poem last week. When I found the...

Mad Is Easier than Sad

As we enter the Lenten season, and I ponder the sins I struggle with, a thought occurred to me that encapsulates my struggle: mad is easier than sad. In other words, when someone hurts me and I feel sad, it is easier to decide to...

Our Great Physician – A Poem

On my way home from an appointment with my doctor during which I told her how much better I am feeling since I quit eating dairy, I thought about how Jesus is our Great Physician. I decided to write my Thankful Thursday poem about this....

Valuable — A Poem

I wrote this to share with the poets at dVerse Poets Pub for Open Link Night No. 31 today. Valuable More precious than all the golden rings of all the princes and earthly kings the Son of God came from above to show us His great and...

Dairy Free for Recipe Friday

I spent most of the month January feeling awful, going to the doctor and having tests done, and getting one negative test result after another. Each doctor visit would add to the list of what wasn’t wrong with me. I had no appetite, and whenever...

Psalm 121 – My Help Comes from the Lord

Yesterday one of my fellow bloggers, April from over at Thoughts from the Porch, commented on my post and suggested that I read Psalm 121. I happened to be out shopping with my son, waiting for him to finish getting something for his best friend’s...

Focus on the Known

Some things in life are unknown. Right now I’m facing the unknown of health concerns. After multiple tests, doctors still don’t know what is causing recent symptoms. I do have a list of what it is not. Whenever a test reveals that it is not...