Key Truths for seeking hearts

Just before sunrise, a glassy lake reflects first light and stunning gray-blue clouds.

Countdown to The Esther Blessing: Parable

Post published:February 20, 2013
Post category:From: The Esther Blessing
Post last modified:July 3, 2025

Mini-post about Esther as parable, teaching us the unseen by showing us what is seen. Quote from The Esther Blessing: Grace to Reign in Life.

Swirling water creates a light blue crown of water.

Countdown to The Esther Blessing: Reign or not

Post published:February 14, 2013
Post category:From: The Esther Blessing
Post last modified:July 3, 2025

Mini-post: The counterfeit of reigning in life. Quote from The Esther Blessing: Grace to Reign in Life.

Black-and-white back view of three violinists playing their parts in a symphony concerto

Your unique voice

Post published:February 9, 2013
Post category:From: The Elijah Blessing
Post last modified:November 12, 2025

You have an instrument. You have a voice. Be blessed to stay before God as he teaches you. Be blessed to play your part.

In the center of the frame, between a rough wood-plank fence in the front and a green forest backed by blue mountaintops in the rear, is the cornfield at Antietam - the site of a fierce Civil War battle and the single bloodiest day in American history.

Cornfield at Antietam

Redeeming the past

Post published:December 25, 2012
Post category:From: We Confess!
Post last modified:March 16, 2024

Mini-post. Image of the cornfield at Antietam, where my great-great-grandfather fought. Quote about repeating the past and redeeming the past, from We Confess! The Civil War, the South, and the Church.

Closeup of new branch with a cluster of green leaves growing from the side of a large oak

Restoration

Post published:November 14, 2012
Post category:From: The Elijah Blessing
Post last modified:November 12, 2025

When God restores, he puts things back the way he created - only better.

Combine reaping behind field of sunflowers

I’ll reap in joy

Post published:November 4, 2012
Post category:Living Life
Post last modified:March 13, 2024

Mini-post. "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy." A Bible verse, a song and an image that have cheered me in the night.

Fire blazing around a heart-shaped center

Embrace fiery love

Post published:October 29, 2012
Post category:From: The Elijah Blessing Knowing and Going with God
Post last modified:November 12, 2025

Mini-post from The Elijah Blessing: Love may not look a thing like we had thought.

Cozy corner, resting place: 2 chairs with cushions and pillows on a sun porch amid plants

I’ll rest

Post published:October 27, 2012
Post category:Living Life
Post last modified:March 16, 2024

"Come and rest here. Come and lay your burdens down."

In a dark place, two round white lights shine down from the top center of the frame, and two round blue lights glow dimly at the top corners. The only other thing visible? A haze of yellow fog.

How Ahab and Jezebel outsmart us

Post published:October 22, 2012
Post category:From: The Elijah Blessing
Post last modified:November 12, 2025

Be blessed to see past strong deception and skillful misdirection, to recognize Ahab and Jezebel at work.

Feet of a person in athletic shoes running down a narrow, unpaved path.

I’ll run

Post published:October 21, 2012
Post category:Living Life
Post last modified:March 17, 2024

Mini-post, with a song for the road. "I'll run, I'll run. I'm gonna run this race to hear You say, 'Well done.'"