Reading, Writing & Pondering

The Power of  Whisper: Hearing God, Having the Guts to Respond by Bill Hybels offers some good thoughts on hearing God speak in your life. I found this book to be easy to read and relate to and I couldn't put it down until I was done. I know there are times, without a doubt, that God has been speaking in my life and this book gave confirmation that I am on the right path. Hybels shared stories from his own life and others about how God has spoke to them and used them as a result. He begins with learning that God could speek to little boys through his Christian school teacher as she shared a Bible story from Samuel and a related poem that Hybels memorized. As the book continues, Hybels explains how to know if it is God speaking to you and ways God does speak to each of us. The stories he shared inspired me to turn my ear to God and really listen for what God would have me to do next. What do you do if you don't think God is speaking to you? Hybels offers soli...

Six Lessons From the Peace Man My husband recently found this little figure and brought it home to me. Every time I look at it, I can't help but smile. The longer I've smiled at him, the more things the Peace Man has taught me: 1. The man with his eyes rolled upwards reminds me that to have Peace in my life I must first look to the Peacemaker. He is watching over me and also standing alongside me, as the man is standing, in all the circumstances as I walk through in life. Even when I feel alone, I am not alone. He is with me. 2. The man is smiling. This makes me smile whenever I look it him. He reminds me that if I smile at folks, most folks will smile back. 3. His message of Peace is one that I see people searching for the world over. We will never have peace at all times in all places on earth. For me, it often comes from trusting God at times that are anything but peaceful in this world or even in my little corner of this world. It is having faith in God. 4. I am also remind...