“Who is this that comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her Beloved?” (Song of Solomon 8:5 LITV) Some attribute these words to the bridegroom in the love story of the Song of Solomon. Others cite the question as being posed by the Shulamite’s friends. Both may be theologically correct. But I know what resonates […]
Climbing Your Mountain, Part 2
Mountain climbing may not be for the fainthearted, but neither is it for the lone ranger. It is one thing to go hiking in the wooded mountains with a compass, a canteen, and some beans and weenies. To reach nosebleed heights on the highest of mountain peaks, it is never wise to go it alone. […]
Climbing Your Mountain
God must have had fun when He created Earth’s mountains. I wonder what He was thinking when He pulled off Mt. Everest, the world’s summit of all summits. Perhaps He had Sir Edmund Hillary in mind as He spoke to that particular peak, shaping it higher and higher until it towered with a distinction all […]
Rest On Every Side
Before Tolstoy ever lived to pen his epic War and Peace, God had already put into operation the ebb and flow of wars fought, battles lost, victories won, and then… peace. Last week’s post about Jehoshaphat and the vast army that came against him and God’s people (The Place that Overlooks the Desert) was full […]
The Place that Overlooks the Desert
There are times the Lord allows the perfect storm because He alone has the perfect strategy. We are a less-blessed people if we engage the belief that the desert is simply a desert…a dry, dusty, tiresome, boring, miserable, endless trek with no good purpose. Even the desert has its times of victory! However, the only […]
The Gentleman and The Scholar
Do you know that God has no desire to take advantage of you? He’s the only Gentleman whose word is always redeemable, not left unfulfilled because He changed his mind. He is Mr. Consistent. If He promised it, He is good for it. “Every generous act of giving and every perfect gift is from above […]
Southern ‘Springs
Sometimes a northern wellspring needs to find true grit…uh, grits. My husband and I just returned last weekend from a 16-day cross-country trip to visit our three sets of married kids, two little grandchildren, celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary, and salute a physical toast to the end of a 15-month journey through breast cancer, reconstruction, […]
Till Death Do Us Part…
Happy 35th Anniversary to my husband, Wayne David Bentz. Today we celebrated 35 years of marriage on part of a cross-country trip to visit our three married children and spouses and our two grandchildren. We are blessed indeed. This is a brief entry – a short blip of words that in no way captures the […]
When the Lion Roars – Repeat Performance
Three weeks ago my blog “When the Lion Roars” ended with this: The Lion knows how to put on the finishing touches. He already ROARED! I’ve been living in the echoes all year long. Gracefully Free waiting for Faithful & True Well. I’m here to tell you, Faithful & True showed up in […]
Undivided Loyalty – Hired by Heaven
It was one of those scrubbing bubbles moments. I was bent over the tub cleaning on a Saturday at the end of a long work week. It was 2009; a time, when recollecting certain difficulties, I refer to as “the year from h-e-double toothpicks.” By now, I had worked in executive assisting for over two […]