by Kathy | Oct 23, 2017 | God's love, Intimacy with God, Spiritual Dryness, Spiritual Growth
Do we really thirst for God? If we had to measure our desire for God, how would we rank it? Let’s try. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being hardly at all and 10 meaning you constantly desire to be in God’s presence, what number would you give yourself? By...
by Kathy | Jun 9, 2016 | Devotional, Spiritual Dryness, Spiritual Growth
We’ve lived in the West Texas desert. Twice. Not much can grow there. Even the small, stunted mesquite shrubs quickly become tumbleweeds in a windstorm. But here in southeast Texas the foliage thrives. It’s green around here pretty much twelve months of...
by Kathy | Dec 2, 2013 | Family musings, Spiritual Dryness
Advertising executives design television commercials to sell their product. One way they do this is by finding common ground with the viewer and exploiting their emotions to move them to pull out their wallets. So successful ads often closely reflect what’s...
by Kathy | Apr 4, 2013 | Flat Faith, Spiritual Dryness, Women's issues
What is your usual response to this question: “How are you?” Many – if not most of you – probably answered with something like this: “Fine. Busy.” I hear it every day – sometimes out of my own mouth. Over the last few years, I’ve noticed the shift. It seems we can’t...
by Kathy | Mar 21, 2013 | Flat Faith, Obeying God, Spiritual Dryness
What is it about a fire that so captures our attention? I’ve spent many nights sitting around a campfire staring into its depths, transfixed by the yellow to orange to red flames. Dancing and curling, the flames hungrily consume logs, branches, and twigs. (And yes,...
by Kathy | Mar 18, 2013 | Flat Faith, Spiritual Dryness
Flat, dry faith is not a recent phenomenon or a product of our contemporary culture. This problem plagued mankind long before the children of Israel grumbled in the wilderness. As far back as Genesis we can spot flat faith in the midst of God’s people. Let’s look at...
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