Posts by Evelyn
Overflow
This week I have been thinking about how I live in the overflow of the blessing that was poured out on those who went before me. I never knew any of my grandparents personally, but they instilled values and faith in my parents and they in turn taught me. What my husband Bob and I…
Read MoreGoals and Dreams
Some goals start out as dreams. At least that is how I see many of mine. When I was a little girl sitting on the little wooden chairs in Sunday School, I daydreamed about going to other countries to “teach people about Jesus.” That is why I saved all my Sunday School papers! How that…
Read MoreSeasons
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 is an oft quoted passage of Scripture telling us about all the different seasons in life. “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heaven:” (NIV) Then it goes on to list them all. It is graduation season around here in June. Yesterday, I saw a car…
Read MoreStanding Under Fire
Most of us have heard the account of the three Hebrew young men that got thrown into a fiery furnace because they stood up for what they believed. They didn’t bend; they didn’t bow; they didn’t burn! Daniel 3:7-29 They had a faith that trusted God with the outcome and demonstrated a confidence in God.…
Read MoreLiving on the Water
Have you ever imagined yourself and your family living on a boat in a bay off a tropical coastline? Sounds relaxing and even romantic! In 2002, we visited a family who lived like that, but it was anything but luxurious or romantic. Let me tell you a bit more. We came in contact with this…
Read MoreLove Can Break the Ice!
Can you imagine what it would be like to move into a small rural town in an underdeveloped county where only two people in town spoke any English and you don’t know the local language? Challenging? For sure! But also consider that you had prayed for decades for God to open a door for you…
Read MoreTreasure In Clay Pots
We don’t like to think of ourselves as a “jar or pot.” But 2 Corinthians 4:7-8 tells us, “Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us. We are pressured in every way but not crushed; we are perplexed but not in despair;…
Read MoreHe Knows the Way that I Take…
On Father’s Day last year, my grandson, Bobby, and his wife, Krysta, and their children, Timothy and Sienna, were traveling through rural Pennsylvania on their way to visit some of Krysta’s family in Maryland. Bobby, Krysta, and their two little ones are all deaf and use sign language to communicate. Pennsylvania has some very wooded,…
Read MoreLetting Go and Moving Forward
We all have memories from the past, childhood experiences, relationships gone wrong, workplace turmoil, etc. that pop up in our thinking from time to time and leave a troubling thought or bitterness in our memory. The real issue is how we choose to manage these thoughts and conflicts that we face. We can dwell on…
Read MorePSALM 23 & ME PART 3
“Your rod and your staff they comfort me.” When I have felt isolated and alone, living overseas and missing the support and comfort of home, family, and friends, I have experienced a deeper drawing of my spirit into the things of God. My meditation of Him has been sweet and He has satisfied my…
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