“True or false: you use about 10 percent of your brain.” “Despite the prevalence of this belief, it’s false. We don’t use 100 percent of our brain at one time, but we do use all of it, which takes a lot of energy. Dr. Marcus Raichle, a professor of medicine, says in a Time magazine article, “As […]
A Sunday Afternoon Prayer {& Giveaway Love-Links}
Jesus, as I look at the week ahead, my heart is tempted to get ahead of {YOU}. Tempted to do instead of be. Tempted to strive instead of rest. And yet {YOU} are there, waiting to meet with me. Waiting to quiet my thoughts with YOUR peace and perspective. Waiting to refuel my heart with […]
Be My God … So I Can Just Be Me
It started with a cough. A few sneezes. Then a horrible headache. For days, I denied it was anything serious. Tried to convince myself I was not really sick. Pushing through the coughing, wheezing, sinus pain and aches, I resisted slowing down. Who else would do it all if I couldn’t? There were deadlines and expectations […]
A Walk Through the Dark with Eva Piper
God promises to give us His strength in our times of weakness. “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 And when […]
Prayers to Pamper Your Soul
My sweet friend Julie Gillies is here to share with us the story behind her new and beautiful devotional book “Prayers for a Woman’s Soul.” It’s resting on my bedside table and God’s using Julie to remind me how important it is to pamper my soul with prayers. Julie and our wonderful friends at Harvest House […]