Women of Promise

       Have you ever had to sit in the "nose-bleed" section of a stadium?  That means you are in one of the topmost seating sections.  Depending on the stadium, it can be so high that you get light-headed if you look down!      I learned something recently about the first part of Hebrews 12:1  and wanted to share with you today! Let's look at the Hebrews 12:1-2: Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.      What I learned is that that "cloud of witnesses" is picturing the highest seats in the stadium.  In Greek history, what we commonly call the "nose-bleed section" was called "in the clouds." It simply meant your seat was at the highest point of the stadium.      The pic...

    Amy Carmichael was a Christian missionary to India.  She is most known for her work with the women and girls, many of whom were left at the Hindu temples.  She rescued girls of all ages from a life of prostitution and started a home and school where she taught them the love of Jesus, while also providing love and care for their physical needs.  Facing opposition from the priests and families, and even other missionaries, Amy served in India for fifty-five years. The last twenty of those years she was mostly confined to her bedroom due to chronic pain and immobility she suffered as a result of a terrible fall. She wrote many poems and books. Her home for girls is still in operation. Her work is continued by the girls she rescued and raised along with others sent by God to help. I encourage you to read more about this inspiring Christian lady, if you are not familiar with her.    I love to read and learn about Amy's life, as well as her many poems an...

      Time. Don't you wish there was more of it?  I often think of how much I could get done if we just had a few more hours in a day! Mercifully, God is not limited by time.  He gives us an allotted time on this earth (we don't know what that time is) and is watching to see how we use the time He gives us.  As my children grow, I am finding that next to the gospel, the most important thing that I can teach them is to prioritize Jesus in their hearts and lives.       Haggai is an itty, bitty book in the back of your Old Testament.  It is only two chapters long!  God gave the prophet Haggai a message and it boils down to this: "Ya'll forgot about my house!  Fix it!" (Those are my words, not God's, in case you were wondering!)      You see, these Jewish people had been exiles in Babylon. They had returned to their homeland and started building for themselves some pretty nice houses. It had been eighteen years...