~ Praying over you Christmas Blessings from the One who wears the Crown ~ Wayne & Nancy – Mr. & Mrs. Shammah – photo credit: white crown via photopin (license)
Vineyard Days – Winter House
“Scarcely had I left them when I found him whom my soul loves; I held on to him and would not let him go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, and into the room of her who conceived me.” Song of Songs 3:4 NASB *** It’s winter again where I live. The […]
Ishshah’s Story – A Quiet Revolution
A lot of women these days spend a majority of their waking hours in the workplace. Many are employed in vocations where male leadership and male-held management positions are prominent. What happens when, as a female, your equivalent of ‘standing around the water cooler’ generates a God-given plan and desire that doesn’t fly with […]
Vineyard Days – Three Yieldings
One thing we discover in these formative, growing and even dormant days in the vineyard is that the Husbandman wants all of who we are: spirit and soul and body. He is invested in completing all He has started. Now (moreover) may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and […]
Vineyard Days – Mercy Land
…to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, Romans 9:23 NASB An emotionally fragile vine sat in my office one day. The theme of her monologue was monogamous in nature – life was not fair and had not treated her well; why didn’t God do […]
Ishshah’s Story – Mothers and Daughters
As continuing moderator of the Her Journey category on the Ishshah’s Story blog, my monthly contributing post deals with a variety of topics, most of which are culled from personal life experience. One thing I know, though. No matter how diverse are the individual lives of our readers of the blog, and women in particular, […]
Vineyard Days – Selah VII
The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’ Scarcely had I left them when I found him whom my soul loves; Song of Songs 3:3-4a It’s time for a nightcap – for this portion of the Shulamite Bride’s story in the […]
Vineyard Days – At the Threshing Floor Tonight
“Now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maids you were? Behold, he winnows barley at the threshing floor tonight.” Ruth 3:2 NASB – The removal of the old, in order to establish the new. – There is a separating in the night that, if embraced, accomplishes the betrothal (be-truthing) of the beloved to the Bridegroom. […]
Ishshah’s Story – Surrounded by You
One’s heart is always expressive – in one manner or another. I do not know many ishshahs (or ish’s – men, for that matter) who cannot relate in their life to one or more of the expressions recounted in Surrounded by You – this month’s contributor post for Ishshah’s Story. A piece of poetry from […]
Vineyard Days – Yours Also is the Night, Part 3
‘I must arise now and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.’ I sought him but did not find him. Song of Songs 3:2 *** It is while enrobed in the dark of night that our hearts either convey us forward or betray […]