Calm After the Storm

by Michelle Welch “I am the LORD, and I do not change.” Malachi 3:6 (NLT) Standing on the sand after a raging nighttime storm, I am reminded that the sun will always rise just as the waves will always calm. HE is forever faithful in His promises to us. He is peace. He is light.… Continue reading Calm After the Storm

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A Pony for Christmas

by Michelle Welch But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14 (NIV84) There are those of us with sadness in our past that struggle through certain… Continue reading A Pony for Christmas

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The Advent Season

by Michelle Welch “While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in clothes and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.” Luke 2:6-7 (NIV) I spent the morning in my usual… Continue reading The Advent Season

Discontented Past

by Michelle Welch “That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” John 3:6 (NKJV) How often do we blame the past as a reason for our present? Because of him or her, them or that, we didn’t or couldn’t, our lives are forever mapped… Continue reading Discontented Past

Veterans Day

by Michelle Welch “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 (KJV) There is no better place to start a Veterans Day in the United States than by visiting a National Cemetery. Sweetheart and I were privileged to walk the grassy hills of the… Continue reading Veterans Day

Mental Health Day

by Michelle Welch Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. 3 John 1:2 (NIV84) I find one of the hardest things we women can admit to is that we have to rely on medication to get… Continue reading Mental Health Day

Casting Your Burdens

by Michelle Welch There are days when I feel so crushed by the weight of the burdens I carry. Past, present, and future worries are all packed up neatly (okay, admittedly they are all jammed together in a pile) in my bag, sitting beside the bed where I dropped them when I fell into bed.… Continue reading Casting Your Burdens

You Want to What?

by Michelle Welch “You want to WHAT?” Sweetheart gaped at me with that “here we go again with one of her hair brained ideas” look he gets when I come bounding in with my newest plan. “I want to watch the sea turtles hatch” I told him. “But it is dark. And I am comfortable.… Continue reading You Want to What?

4:38 A.M.

by Michelle Welch “And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14 (NIV84) It’s four thirty in the morning. Four thirty eight to be exact. Who gets up this early? There is not even news on at this hour! It is dark for crying out… Continue reading 4:38 A.M.