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Expectancy: noun 1. The act, action or state of expecting something. This is such an unsatisfying definition. I define expectancy as a kind of breathless anticipation of something to come. A sit-on-the-edge-of-your-seat feeling because you know something special is on the horizon but you don’t know what it is… yet. For me, expectancy is spiritual. It is that wondering anticipation every single day because today I know that I will get to see God at work. I don’t know how but I know… because I know He is. It is practicing the presence of God. Sometimes the feeling is stronger than other times. God isRead More →

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I confess. I’ve been rehearsing lies. No, not on purpose but I confess, it is true… One month ago this week the Woman to Woman Mentoring Ministry pilot project began in prayer over mentoring matches. From that day until this past weekend I have been fighting a spiritual battle. My first mistake was to hear lies. Why did I ever think in a million years that I could actually be used by God to be a mentor let alone coordinate an entire mentoring ministry?! I began to rehearse all of those reasons why I cannot be a mentor. There were a lot of them. TheRead More →

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At least two months before the missions conference at our home church, I was asked to do the devotional at a ladies tea. I agreed to do it and knew what I wanted to share. That is, I thought I knew. But when I sat down to write it out it just wouldn’t come together. I cried and prayed and cried and prayed. Until the morning of the tea, when I was confident that I finally had on paper what God wanted me to say. As I waited for my turn to stand and speak, I read over what I had typed out. I suddenlyRead More →

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One week ago I said, “I look forward to seven new days to see God at work.” Those seven days have passed now. It would be wrong of me not to share with you, my friends, what I saw my awesome God do this week. On Tuesday afternoon my assignment was to write my “story”. In the process of writing, God brought clarity to my mind. Puzzle pieces finally fit into a scene not yet complete, or connected dots which bring a picture more clearly into focus. In the peace of my house, understanding came, and with it, confidence. I know now that God isRead More →

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Excruciating pain! I sat in the emergency room of our local hospital, waiting for a doctor… in terrible pain. The ONLY thing that took my pain away was Jesus. In my mind I placed myself at the feet of Jesus and I whispered His name over and over and over again. If my focus strayed from the face of Jesus even for a second the pain threatened to drown me. On this rainy Monday morning I was reminded of this experience as I read these verses in David’s Psalm 16. 5 LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made myRead More →