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  • 5 Steps to Peace when Life Hurts
    Friday, January 29th, 2016     Sherry Carter     4 Comments

    See, I [the Lord] am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wilderness. Isaiah 43:19 This is one of my favorite verses. Look at the verbs God uses: I am doing… I am making… God is at work, even when we are in difficult times. It brings hope when I am struggling through a desert or wilderness.… Read More

  • One and Only One
    Saturday, January 23rd, 2016     Sherry Carter     12 Comments

      I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 Overflowing with confident hope - Look at the joy on that little girl's face. The past few years I’ve struggled with God’s call to write. I deleted more words than I wrote and I was overwhelmed with… Read More

  • Mary E. Adams: They Saw His Star in the East
    Friday, December 18th, 2015     Sherry Carter     6 Comments

    "We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him." Matthew 2:2 (NIV) The wise men would never have seen that particular star unless they had been watching the night sky. One of the first things I see after I wake up is the view in my window that faces east here in my bedroom. Lying in my bed, I can see the sun rise or watch a full moon snake its… Read More

  • Two Sides of the Season
    Friday, December 11th, 2015     Sherry Carter     11 Comments

    Thanksgiving and Christmas: lots of yummy food and indigestion, automatically giving thanks, rushing around to buy gifts. Counting off how many of the things on your list you get done. The most wonderful time of the year, right? Recently God challenged me with the true wonder of the season. He used a golden nugget hidden in a scripture I usually skim because I think it doesn’t apply to me. Matthew 10:5-14. I’m not going to… Read More

  • 8 Ways to Bloom in the Winter
    Saturday, November 21st, 2015     Sherry Carter     16 Comments

    "...be prepared in season and out of season..."  2 Timothy 4:2 (NIV) In west Texas, the plants and trees are kind of confused. Fall's late in coming. October was warmer than usual; cool days were spotty. The roses have bloomed like crazy, the tree's leaves didn't quite know what to do, and the dandelions popped up, ready to scatter their seeds. The last few days have been cool. All the plants and trees are suddenly… Read More