March 23, 2020
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The Lord said…”I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear Me speaking…” Exodus 19:9
It’s springtime in the Western North Carolina mountains where I was raised. There are days of beautiful sunshine, blue skies, and cool breezes. On such days, the views of the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains are spectacular. But there are also days when storms roll in, black clouds descend, views are obliterated, and the thunder shakes the earth as it ricochets from peak to peak. When the storm passes, all of nature seems refreshed and renewed.
March 13, 2020
There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven…When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near. Luke 21:11, 28
COVID-19, otherwise known as the coronavirus, has created national fear in a way I have not witnessed in my lifetime. As of this writing, ball games are being canceled; theaters are shutting down; schools are closing; travel is restricted, and the stock market is on a crazy, wild rollercoaster ride. It’s almost as though our nation is being attacked by an invisible enemy seeking to destroy us.
While my age and recent chemotherapy put me at risk, I am more concerned about the fear the coronavirus has provoked than I am of the virus itself. We seem to be caught up in a national panic.
February 21, 2020
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death…Psalm 23:4
Today is a significant day. Although I’m away from home, looking forward to a special event tonight in Jackson, Mississippi when I’ll share ministry with Keith and Kristyn Getty, I’m remembering…
January 31, 2020
But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” Luke 18:16
…A little child shall lead them. Isaiah 11:6
The world was shocked and grieved to learn of the tragic and untimely death of Kobe Bryant on January 26. For sports fans, his death was on the level of Princess Diana’s death. Something that was unbelievable. Impossible. Like a nightmare we kept waiting to wake up from.
January 30, 2020 [1]
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord… Isaiah 6:1
For my birthday one year, my mother sent me a package wrapped in plain brown paper. When I opened it, there was a gaudy, multicolored straw basket inside, stuffed with tissue paper. I actually thought my mother had totally lost her good senses! I tossed out the tissue paper, wondered what in the world I was going to do with the basket, then called to thank her for her “gift.” Mother laughed when I thanked her for the basket then asked what I thought about what was inside it. I told her that nothing was inside except tissue paper and I had thrown that out. She responded urgently, “Oh, no, Anne! Inside that tissue paper is your real birthday gift!”
