Once again, sleep evades me. My mind works overtime, keeping pace with the steady, rhythmic whir of the fan beside my bed. My eyes are heavy, my body aches with exhaustion, yet my thoughts are consumed by the sheer number of people who are desperately struggling right now.The trials they are enduring are staggering. They … Continue reading The Ministry of the Trenches
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Love From An Empty Cup
Mother’s Day – May 10, 2026Today’s devotion will be a little different. I’m taking a trip back in time to May 10, 1974. It was a sunny, warm Friday afternoon.Connie, a single mother of three, was fixing herself a bowl of cereal while waiting for her children to arrive home from school. It was a … Continue reading Love From An Empty Cup
Cookbook of Life
I cannot tell you how old this cookbook is. It's been used for a lot of the same recipes over the years, typically homemade sweets.This morning I was making buttercream frosting for a cake I had made last night.The cookbook was open and laying on the stove. I had turned the burner on to heat … Continue reading Cookbook of Life
The Request
Sometimes I feel a nudge, from the Lord it comes. A conversation to be had, with a certain one. At first it's just a thought, as it slips on by. Then it presses on, I can no longer hide. Weighing on my mind, each and every day. When they come around, I know not what … Continue reading The Request
Finding God in the Little Things 