Why are we told multiple times in the Bible to fear God? What is the fear of God? As women of God, are we literally supposed to be afraid of God, or is the fear…
The Fear of God: What Is It and Why Is It Necessary?
The Unfinished Canvas of a Cast-Down Soul
You lean against the doorpost staring out at the muted shades and blurred edges of today and wonder why did you wake to this grayed landscape. What happened to the vibrancy of yesterday? How did…
Rain Falls Like Joyful Tears: Summer in the Desert Southwest
Summer in the Desert Southwest is a time for early-morning starts, late-night energy, and all-day courage to endure the harsh and domineering heat of the season. The train of momentum we rode in spring with…
Wind Song and Renewal: Spring in the Desert Southwest
Spring in the Desert Southwest is a time for gusty winds and surprising green patience. The land lays expectant and so do we. After enduring months of winter’s dormancy and the same trials and hardships…
Ensue-Eschew: KJV Bible Word Study Series
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 1 Peter 3:11 The main meaning of ensue—which you’ve probably already guessed—is pursue, meaning to follow after, but both ensue and…
Wist-Wit-Wot: KJV Bible Word Study Series
You wist not what these words found in the KJV Bible mean, but I wot that these obscure words will make sense to you to wit after this study. Um, what did I just say?…
Strive: KJV Bible Word Study Series
As we sit in the quiet or chaos of our days to study our King James Version Bibles, we might come across seeming contradictions in the words that are used. In one place we are…
You and Me Against the World: Christian Wife 101
As a newly married couple, you started out thinking “You and me against the world, babe.” So where did it go wrong? Why did you wake up one morning sitting on opposite sides of the…
A Husband for Our Own Good: Christian Wife 101
We know what we want in a man when we’re young. Yet, we don’t have a clue what we need. An all-consuming fantasy fills our minds of what this man will do for us. He’ll…
A Help Meet Like No Other: Christian Wife 101
Have you struggled as a wife looking at that proverbial glass’s vacant half without disdain? It’s a flaw I carried into my marriage and—whoa—did it clash with my husband’s chipper view. He’d be blessed wading…