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Yesterday I received a prayer letter from Lee Walker Merrill, http://www.prayergifts.blogspot.com/, a beautiful friend I met at She Speaks a couple of years ago.
The letter was unexpected. Lee had taken Scripture and turned it into a personal Gramma prayer. I don’t cry easily, but I wept as I read the words of prayer over my relationship with my first grandchild, Elle.
The words were powerful, and I will keep this letter tucked close forever.
I shared in the devo today that my father once wrote me a letter at a time that I truly needed to know that God was listening to my prayers. Later my Bible became a love letter from my Heavenly Father. Both of these letters have great worth.
But maybe reading the Bible is a challenge for you (as it has been for me at times, and for many others). How can you make it more personal? (more…)
We spent a beautiful weekend at the lake with the entire Eller family (mother-in-law, father-in-law, brothers and sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, cousins). The weather was hot, but swimming and eating and catching up was wonderful.
As we drove home my daughter, famous for her “what if” questions, posed this one: If you had to do an intervention on every person in the car, what would it be?
Interventions ranged from spending too much time on Facebook to subtly more challenging issues. It was insightful, and for the most part, fun.
After a three-day drinking binge, Mario lay in bed, unable to get up. No medicine could help him now as he vomited and his fever raged. Years of drinking were taking a toll.
His 8-year-old son, Javier, however, was sure he had the cure. Since registering in Compassion’s sponsorship program through a local church, Javier learned that God had a special purpose for him. (more…)
I don’t want to live so carefully that I forget to laugh and love and impulsively grab the moment, but I don’t want to live as if my words and choices don’t matter either.
More than anything I have come to realize that what I say and do has a trickle down effect. (more…)
Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker columnist, and author T. Suzanne Eller shares how to live free when you've felt broken, how to nurture family regardless of the obstacles, and how to deepen intimacy with a relevant and life-changing Savior.
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