Devotions of a High Heeled Warrior

  With all of the snow coming in, people everywhere were preparing. I'm not sure what gallons of milk and loaves of bread would do to help, but the shelves emptied. When I called my mother to check on her, I found she was out in the midst of snow and ice feeding the birds. My father loves to feed the birds, so my mother wanted to make sure his birds had plenty to eat. It's in our nature to prepare for things. We study, buy, and research to ensure we are ready for whatever is thrown our way. Preparing, in itself, is not a problem. However, we can become so worried about what will happen in the future that we forget to rest in the knowledge that whatever happens, God will provide. My dad's birds do not worry about what they are going to eat. Each day, they simply wait and their food appears.  Matthew 6:26   NIV Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than ...

My daughter's dog constantly runs hard when we take him out. For such a small dog, he pulls a lot. When he's afraid, he'll do something weird. He runs hard toward what scares him. Then hides. It made me think of this great quote I heard. " Wherever people run to in their crisis is where their Christ is. When people are scared they start worshipping what they fear. That's why God says to fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." This means that when we become so afraid, we hyperfixate on the very thing we're fearing. My husband and I just visited someone in the hospital. She mentioned needing an MRI but being so claustrophobic that the MRI was driving her blood pressure up. Irony was that she was there for blood pressure issues. I mentioned struggling with the same fear. The idea of an MRI made my heart pound. We become so worried with fear that we focus on that fear more than the power of God, whom by the way is greater than any fear we will face. So the...

  As I scrolled through Facebook this week, a story stood out to me. I won't get into all of it, but to mention a famous author confessed  to having a long-standing moral failure. Of course, social media is blowing up with those who have taken the side of disillusionment and hurt, while others stand on the side of grace. I will be addressing something entirely different. Our world is broken. When Adam and Eve chose to disobey God, they had to carry a weight they were never meant to carry- the knowledge of what life is like without God. Their choices separated them from the holy presence of a good Father. When Christ came to this earth, He came to bridge the gap between our holy God and our own poor choices by taking the sin and darkness of our negative choices on Himself. Let me explain it this way. My friend gave me a beautiful travel mug for Christmas. I always put my coffee in it. Although my coffee resides within, the only thing you see is the designer label covering the...

  I've had so many ask about my father's health. God has been faithful as always. Though the prognosis looked grim, through prayer, my father was released from the hospital with surprising news. Although the lower part of his heart was working at fifty percent, with proper care and medicine, the doctors mentioned his heart can strengthen and repair itself. The praise is there was no damage to the heart. I know this is due to so many faithful prayers reaching heaven on my father's behalf! Through all the craziness of the holidays, God has been challenging both my family and me on the subject of busyness. My husband preached a wnderful sermon on this subject this morning. Busyness isn't necessarily a sin. There are so many things we do for God; however, when we find ourselves so busy that we don't have time to spend with God it becomes a weight. Maybe God asks you to do something, but you've filled your schedule so much that you can't do what God has asked you...