Sabbath Thoughts Blog

As I drove home from work, I contemplated on how to tell my parents I was engaged. The day before I had been visiting Ryan and had asked him to marry me. No frills, no fancy proposal, we weren’t even out in public. After a year and 6 months of dating, it was time to…

While dating Ryan I did a few things, that looking back, I would tell someone else were very foolish! We were both attending a Community College which is about an hour and 15 minutes from where I was living. At the time, I was also worked in West Virginia. The whole loop from home, to…

I tried to call several people this afternoon. No one answered. I decided that maybe they were napping which is really what I wanted to be doing. I slept lightly for about an hour, interrupted for the last fifteen minutes or so with rumblings of thunder. I thought about the prophet Elijah. “Then [God] said,…

In my second semester at community college, I had determined that I would probably be alone for the rest of my life and to focus more on my studies. I was far too shy to strike up a conversation with someone unless they talked to me first anyway. But God has not promised to drop…

I grew up in Monterey, Virginia, a small town out in what most people would consider the middle of nowhere. I’m sure all you reading this have heard of it! Our whole county has less than 2,500 people. However, there are a significant number of churches. I used to joke that there were more churches…

This coming October Ryan and I will have been married for seven years. Compared to many other people that is quite a short time, but whether long or short each marriage has the capacity to be unhappy, happy, or exceptionally happy. I’ve heard about people on all ends of the spectrum. Those who married quickly…

There was a popular song released when I was in high school (you do the math) and the chorus went like this: “I’ve found a reason for me, to change who I used to be, a reason to start over new, and the reason is you.” Many times I seem willing to change for those…

When I was a child, my dad and I both delivered instructions from my mother in the same way. “Mom said” was the famous phrase. “Mom said you need to clean out the dishwasher.” “Mom said she needs you to vacuum.” “Mom said to go to bed.” From my perspective, I carried virtually no weight…

A few weeks ago Darryl asked what do people, like me, who live more structured lives rely on God for? All things considered I have a “cushy” job. I receive a regular paycheck, insurance paid for, retirement fund contributed to, work generally 9 to 5 but have flexible hours as needed, have one “boss,” work…

“1 The words of King Lemuel, the utterance which his mother taught him:… 10 Who can find a virtuous wife?For her worth is far above rubies.11 The heart of her husband safely trusts her;So he will have no lack of gain.12 She does him good and not evilAll the days of her life.13 She seeks wool and flax,And willingly…

“Whom have I in heaven but You?And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.My flesh and my heart fail;But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever” (Psalm 73:25-26). It is easy, in this world of sin and death, to become discouraged. Suffering seems to increase daily, whether I…

Yesterday was Easter Sunday, truly this should be the most celebrated day for Christians. “But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty” (1 Corinthians 15:13-14). All of our hope for a better…