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Not In Vain
Date of original journal entry: Wednesday March 8, 2016 Isaiah 49:4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God. Isaiah 49:4 has deeply struck the chord...
The Mango Tree
Prologue: As I prepare to return to Sierra Leone from my 20 month separation from Stephen and our beloved field of service, my heart was directed to share this journal entry from nearly six years ago. At the time of the original writing, I was struggling with cultural adjustments and...
The Accepted Time
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. Jeremiah 8:20 Date of original journal entry: Friday, November 11, 2011 One of Stephen's favorites is salmon macaroni salad; this one has both cucumber and carrots making it a special treat. One mainstay...
Suffer the Little Children to Come
Mark 10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Children and adults alike hearing and seeing the story of Jesus...
What does the Bible say about . . . ?
Date of original journal entry: November 2010 By faith Laura put out the benches doubting that she had sufficient charity in her heart to believe all things and hope all things. Would the ladies actually come for Bible study? The last three weeks they had not, yet when I went...
Content?
Date of original journal entry: Sunday October 31, 2010 For me, garden work is not entirely about the garden itself, though that’s a great side benefit. It’s one of the times I most cherish for spiritual meditation, prayer, and self examination. And readily I confess my passion for pulling weeds. ...
Absolute Surrender
Prologue The new year is a time I regularly look back through my journals and ask myself the question, “Where were you a year ago?” Often I’m surprised by the answer to that question. As regularly happens, my recent review took me further back in time to see the connectedness...
True Fire
Date of original journal entry: January 14, 2012 But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. Jeremiah 20:9 Learning small nuances of our new culture can be very instructive not only...
How Beautiful The Feet
Date of original journal entry: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 Romans 10:15 How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! Sometimes the road we have to travel is long, hot, dry, and dusty It’s...
Hard Lessons
Date of original journal entry: Sunday, November 14, 2010 Psalm 69:20 And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. My heart is broken and full of heaviness as the scene before me crystallizes into a lesson. A little girl,...
Of Coming to Terms
The front view of our house. Notice all the bare ground just waiting to be tracked in! Date of original journal entry: Saturday October 30, 2010 Living between the jungle and the desert has taught me that sometimes it really is alright to compromise my...
Sorrow Not As Others Which Have No Hope
Date of original journal entry: Monday December 16, 2013 I Thessalonians 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. I cannot count how many times I have listened to the mournful...