The Shulamite’s (and our) progress in spiritual growth can be likened to ascending stairs from one level to the next. The lovely truth is that Shepherd Lover was so intentional in His desire for her fellowship that He designed opportunities for her to respond to Him (just as He does for us). At every level […]
Royalty Realm – Beautiful Army of God
God is mustering a beautiful army. To the world, we are anything but. But then, beauty has always been in the eye of the beholder. For each member of this beautiful army, there is only one Beholder whose opinion counts. Oxymoron that it seems to be, the beautiful army of God – covered with His blood and one’s own […]
In the Train of His Triumph
Another three-week cycle has passed this Sunday night and tomorrow afternoon I get to high-five my oncologist after my fourth and final round of chemo, praise God! I have been waiting for this day and have finally gotten there – one day at a time. The down side is that round three’s accumulation tuckered me […]
Fleeing Seven Ways
There’s been a galloping sound in our house the past week. Our little grandson, not quite two years old, is enthralled with horses. His favorite toy, a stick horse that makes clopping sounds and alternately neighs and whinnies, portrays a simplistic picture of a pursuit that God has promised as part of this ‘remaking Nancy’ […]
The Enemy’s Been Defeated
It’s a beautiful, hot and sunny summer day in Spokane. And the scenery in front of me stinks. I’ve seen this scenery before and I didn’t like it the first time. I like it even less the second. I’m told that breast cancer has returned four years after the first diagnosis. Same side, which indicates […]