Devotions from Gary Thomas’s book, “The Beautiful Fight” “When man listens, God speaks…. We are not out to tell God. We re out to let God tell us…the lesson the world most needs is the art of listening to God.” Frank Buchman. Sometimes we don’t want to hear from God because we are afraid He…

Devotions from Gary Thomas’s book, “The Beautiful Fight” with today’s devotional about our eyes When we look at life through God’s eyes, we become convinced of his astounding generosity, grace and mercy. Sin, on the other hand causes us to look at life through the lens of entitlement- that we deserve salvation without repentance that…

Devotions from Gary Thomas’s book, The Beautiful Fight .  When the world creeps into our lives we become deadened to God, and our lives become smaller, more self-absorbed, more trivial and less like Christ’s. The Holy Spirit wants to sensitize our bodies and make us into a holy people, a “God oasis” in the world.…

We are here for the night in Green River, Utah, and traveled about 13 hours today. The scenery was spectacular and it seemed to be ever changing.  This morning I read from Ps. 57:5 “Be exalted O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.”  And in verse 10 it was…

We had a wonderful time at Grace and Tom’s and were blessed to go to their Vineyard church Sunday too. We had time on the water front and downtown Edmonds and then left yesterday morning at 5 am. We traveled 16 hours and over 700 miles since as we couldn’t get a room at Mountain…

This morning we are glad to be going to Grace and Tom’s church and then this afternoon to downtown Edmonds to explore  a little more.  Yesterday I had the wonderful experience of meeting Grace’s elderly  friend who I would say, is the most saintly woman I have ever met.  She spends her days reading her…

We spent a wonderful day yesterday on a nature walk to “the top of the world” and one through dense woods that was so beautiful.  We also had a delicious  salmon supper at Anna and Dave’s and got to see their lovely daughters. Then we also went to Mercer Island and got to see  their…

We have arrived in Edmonds, Washington after driving 1800 miles.  When we left the hotel yesterday we were awe struck by a huge rainbow over the mountains . The scenery was so breathtaking and a reminder of our creator who made it all .  And then to think, Glory is going to surpass even this!…

Dear Ones, Soon we are off to Grace and Tom’s  who live in Edmonds, Washington. We are excited as we have waited a long time for this day!  We found a nice motel in Kalispell, Montana, and I got to swim laps in the pool while Al went for a long walk. We went to…

We are in Kalispell, Montana and have driven 26  hours all through the night. We left yesterday after the funeral and are on our way to Edmonds Washington to see special friends.   Al is sleeping and I’m sure I will be soon too. I wanted to write my thoughts about the funeral  for Frank yeseterday. …